Dermatological remedies in the traditional pharmacopoeia of Vulture-Alto Bradano, inland southern Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dermatological remedies make up at least one-third of the traditional pharmacopoeia in southern Italy. The identification of folk remedies for the skin is important both for the preservation of traditional medical knowledge and in the search for novel antimicrobial agents in the treatment of skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI). Our goal is to document traditional remedies from botanical, animal, mineral and industrial sources for the topical treatment of skin ailments. In addition to SSTI remedies for humans, we also discuss certain ethnoveterinary applications.

Methods

Field research was conducted in ten communities in the Vulture-Alto Bradano area of the Basilicata province, southern Italy. We randomly sampled 112 interviewees, stratified by age and gender. Af

SUBMITTER: Quave CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2275234 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature