TY  - Data
T1  - Medicinal plants of Turkmenistan XV
A1  - Documentation Information Center
DO  - 10.12389/ariddc.01916
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026-09-17
PB  - Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
AB  - The fifteenth volume of the encyclopedia Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan continues the study of the richest heritage bequeathed to us by our ancestors. This heritage consists of the numerous works of outstanding ancient scholars and physicians, together with the accumulated folk experience through which our people, thanks to their unique talents and skills, learned to understand the diversity of their generous homeland. In this volume, I attempt to uncover the medicinal properties of native plant species that have long been widely used in traditional medicine.Using a scientific approach, I have examined the customs, traditions, and various methods of preparing medicinal plants in folk medicine. These methods, refined over centuries by our ancestors, have become a treasured component of the wealth of the Turkmen nation. Taking into account the achievements of modern world medicine related to medicinal plants, and drawing upon scientific knowledge accumulated from antiquity to the present day, I have sought throughout the preceding volumes of this work to acquaint readers with the plant-based medicines of Turkmenistan and their therapeutic properties.In my view, the study of the ethnobotanical and ethnomedical aspects of the medicinal plants of Turkmenistan is an urgent and important task of our time.I dedicate this work, inspired by boundless love for my homeland and people and by profound respect for the unique experience of harmonious coexistence between our ancestors and nature, to all readers interested in the rich plant world of our country and its ancient traditions of folk medicine.More than 2,000 species of medicinal plants are used in traditional medicine in Turkmenistan, of which over 500 are endemic to the flora of the country. Precisely because of the ancient folk-medical traditions associated with these endemic medicinal plants, I believe they are fully deserving of inclusion on the UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage List.The publication of the 
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