Medicinal Plants Classification Biosynthesis and ... - Index of

Native Medicinal Plants used in the Ethnomedicine of the Córdoba Hills...
are especially relevant in the categories of trees and perennial herbs, and many are cultivated
in gardens of the area.
Minthostachys mollis
Buddleja cordobensis
Larrea divaricata
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Lepidium didymum
Urtica urens
Heimia salicifolia
Sphaeralcea cordobensis
Tanacetum parthenium
Matricaria recutita
Lippia turbinata
Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima
Rosmarinus officinalis
Malva parviflora/Malva sylvestris
Plantago major
Anemia tomentosa var. tomentosa
Jodina rhombifolia
Acacia caven var. caven
Trixis divaricata subsp. discolor
Ruta chalepensis
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CARDIOVASCULAR AND HEMATOLOGY
DERMATOLOGY
ENDOCRINOLOGY, METABOLISM AND IMMUNITY
GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
PNEUMONOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DIS.
NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHE
OPHTALMOLOGY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND
STOMATOLOGY
PARASITOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
PREVENTIVE
CULTURAL SYNDROMES
TRAUMATOLOGY AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND
INFLAMMATORY DIS.
UROLOGY, NEPHROLOGY AND ANDROLOGY
Figure 2. Percentage representation of the categories of medicinal applications of the species with the
greatest number of uses.
Regarding their uses (Figure 6), most of the applications and medicinal species of the
serrano pharmacopoeia are used for treating digestive and hepatic affections (23%), followed
by skin (16%), respiratory (14%) and circulatory disorders (10%). Most of these applications
use the aerial parts and leaves of the plants and therefore their harvest, if undertaken
carefully, conveys no great ecological risks for the species; more impact is caused by the use
of flowers, fruits or roots, although in general the use of these elements is far from the
magnitude of the former. The most common preparations are decoctions and infusions in
water, which are used as hot (mate, tea) or cold (―aguapastos‖ or ―aguapasta‖) beverages, or
else used for washes and baths. These forms of use and applications are especially destined to
the treatment of gastrointestinal, hepatic, circulatory and dermatological ailments. Also
frequent are external applications like topical uses, cataplasms and poultices used for treating
respiratory affections and osteo-muscular disorders.
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