HISTORY OF THE USES OF PIRIN MOUNTAIN TEA (SIDERITIS SCARDICA GRISEB) IN BULGARIA
Journal Title: Българско списание за обществено здраве (Bulgarian Journal of Public Health) - Year 2013, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
The aim of this article is to examine traditional uses of the medicinal herb Pirin mountain tea /Sideritis scardica Griseb/ that is a plant endemic for the Balkan Peninsula. Pirin mountain tea grows in mountain ranges: the Rhodopes, Slavyanka and Pirin mountains. As the natural resources of the plant have limited distribution, its conservation and use have been given special protection. According to the written documents some of which have dated from the first decades of the 20th century it was established that the Pirin mountain tea was used in Bulgaria as aromatic herbal tea and in our traditional medicine predominantly in diseases of the respiratory system as anti-inflammatory, antitussive (mainly as expectorant) antiasthmatic remedy. The plant contains etheric oil, flavonoids, tannins, few substances, minerals. Current studies have established anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial action of the plant. Studies on the plant concerning the content of biologically active substances and pharmacological effects still continue.
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Iliana Yaneva, Valentin Balabanski
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