Rare tradition of the folk medicinal use of Aconitum spp. is kept alive in Solčavsko, Slovenia

Abstract Background Aconitum species are poisonous plants that have been used in Western medicine for centuries. In the nineteenth century, these plants were part of official and folk medicine in the Slovenian territory. According to current ethnobotanical studies, folk use of Aconitum species is ra...

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Main Authors: Marija Povšnar, Gordana Koželj, Samo Kreft, Mateja Lumpert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-017-0171-x