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%T Medicinal plants of Turkmenistan V
%J Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
%I Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center(data.dcxjegi.cn)
%U https://data.dcxjegi.cn/portal/metadata/e35daa0d-a281-4642-a28d-43168668e37d
%W NCDC
%R 10.12389/ariddc.01528
%A Documentation Information Center
%K Ethnic medicine;Medicinal plants
%X Through this encyclopedia, Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan, I wish to express my boundless love for my homeland and my beloved people, as well as my profound admiration for the unique experience accumulated by our ancestors, who lived in harmony with the plant world and with nature. I dedicate this fifth volume to my dear Turkmen people. The book provides detailed information on medicinal plants that promote health and heal both body and spirit, plants that represent some of the most precious jewels among the medicinal treasures of the Turkmen land.In ancient times, whenever our ancestors fell ill, they first turned to medicinal plants, which were regarded as natural remedies. They made use of the active substances that nature provided through trees and herbaceous plants. They observed that domestic animals recovered after eating certain plants. Hunters noticed that gazelles consumed resinous substances (mumiyo, known to aid the healing of fractures) and carnations (powerful hemostatic agents). Today, the medicinal properties and potential of many medicinal plants have been confirmed by scientific medicine. Despite the rapid development of the chemical industry and the production of numerous pharmaceuticals through chemical methods, interest in medicinal plants remains undiminished.Studying the lives, professional achievements, and scientific legacies of those great individuals who have passed away but left behind the foundations of Turkmen medicine is a sacred duty of our generation. In the field of medicine, our national heritage stretches back through many centuries, and its brilliance has not faded. Among the sources on the history of medicinal-plant research, the classical works of Abu Ali Ibn Sina, Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, Sayyid Ismail Jorjani, Muhammad Gaymaz Turkmen, and Muhammad Husayn, distinguished physicians and scholars who lived on Turkmen soil, contain extremely valuable information on medicinal plants growing in present-day Turkmenistan, and they rema