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%T Medicinal plants of Turkmenistan XII
%J Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
%I Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center(data.dcxjegi.cn)
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%R 10.12389/ariddc.01542
%A Documentation Information Center
%K Ethnic medicine;Medicinal plants
%X The twelfth volume of the encyclopedia Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan continues the study of the rich heritage left by our ancestors. This heritage encompasses the numerous works of outstanding scientists and physicians who lived and worked on Turkmen soil in ancient times, as well as the experience accumulated by the Turkmen people through their unique talents and skills in understanding the diversity of their generous homeland. In this volume, I have sought to reveal the medicinal properties of indigenous plant species that are widely used in folk medicine and occur naturally within our country.Using a scientific approach, I have examined the customs, traditions, and various methods of preparing medicinal plants in folk medicine, methods that have, through centuries of refinement by our ancestors, become part of the national heritage of the Turkmen people. Taking into account the latest achievements in global pharmacotherapy, and drawing upon scientific and educational materials accumulated from antiquity to the present day, I have presented extensive knowledge about Turkmen plant-derived medicines throughout the previous volumes of this work. I believe that the study of the ethnobotanical and ethnomedical aspects of medicinal plants within our national flora constitutes an important and highly relevant task today.This work, inspired by my boundless love for my homeland and my people and by my deep respect for the unique experience of our ancestors in living harmoniously with nature, is dedicated to all readers interested in the rich plant kingdom of our country and its ancient traditions of folk medicine.More than 2,000 medicinal plant species growing on Turkmen soil are used in folk medicine, and over 500 of them are endemic species unique to the flora of Turkmenistan. In view of the ancient folk-medical traditions associated with endemic medicinal plants in Turkmenistan, I believe that they deserve recognition within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage