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monogyna Jacq., Symphytum officinale L., Hypericum perforatum L., Eupharsia officinalis L.,
Artemisia absinthium L., Origanum vulgare L., Equisetum arvense L., Achillea millefolium L.,
Agrimonia eupatoria f. davurca (Link) Nakai, Matricaria recutita L., Plantago lanceolata L.
Comparison of these date showed specific ability of these plants to cure several diseases.
Traditionally those plants were applied by our ancestors in different forms for curing of diseases
mostly correctly, although they could not know anything about the presence of biologically active
substances detected by current analytical methods. The so called injuring magic were applied
some species mostly for bewitching – causing some evil or harm to target person or animals
(Vincetoxinum spp.). In protecting magic were utilized some plants like Artemisia vulgaris L., Inula
helenium L. against the harming effects, for protection of property, crop and prevention of animal
diseases and other unfavourable factors was Arctostaphylos uva-ursi L. recommended.
Rosmarinus officinalis L., Ledum palustre L.and Lycopodium clavatum L. were the favourite plants
in love magic. Based on the piled data a significant relevance is shown between the traditional
knowledge of different regional inhabitants and the current use of these plants for the healing
purposes in several forms – like teas, extracts, and/or commercial pharmaceutical products.
Therefore this often nearly forgotten traditional knowledge represent and important indicator for the
pharmaceutical production, especially when searching for suitable resources and raw material,
which can be used in practice in many preventive programmes, health recovering and healing of
many diseases.
Key words: Folk magic, ľudové liečiteľstvo, medicinal herbs; phytopharmacology, phytotherapy,
utilization.
2.11 Inventory of Plants Used in Hypoglycemic Pharmacopoeia in Northern
Sahara (In the Regions of Ouargla), Oued-Righ and Ziban
HADJAIDJI-BENSEGHIER Fatiha 1 and DERRIDJ Arezki 2 .
1 Laboratoires de bioressources Sahariennes, Départements des sciences agronomiques et de
biologie,Faculté des sciences de la nature et de la vie et des sciences de la terre et de l'univers,
Université de Kasdi Merbah ,Ouargla,Algérie. 2 Faculté des sciences biologiques et agronomiques,
Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algérie
<strong>Abstract</strong>: Diabetes is a widespread disease in Algeria. Indeed, in southeastern Algeria,
especially the regions of Ouargla, and Oued Righ Zibans, are among the areas most affected by
this disease.The aim of our study is to inventory the hypoglycemic plants consumed by the
inhabitants the survey area. for this, our investigation has affected different categories of people.
These have been collected into two groups in the survey. The first group consists of about sixty
people resources among herbalists, pharmacists-plant, traditional practitioners and healers while
the second group is formed by diabetics, a rate of ten percent (10%). The results revealed the use
of 31 plants species for the treatment of diabetes. Frequency of use was the highest rated in the
region of Ouargla. The infusion and the powder are the most common modes with the mixed use
of plants. The seeds are the most consumed over different parts of plants. This study contributed
to the identification of hypoglycemic plants that play a very significant traditions in medicine and in
people's lives, but it remains pioneer because the inventory is far from the most comprehensive.
Every time she has given of importance to safeguarding of traditional medicinal system. To do this,
the development of a strategy to preserve this ancient knowledge is imperative.
Key words: Diabetes, hypoglycemic plants, ethnopharmacology, investigation, oued-righ, ouargla.
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