Medicinal Plants in Traditional Herbal Wines and Liquors in the East of Spain and the Balearic Islands.

ABSTRACT: Homemade herbal preparations from the East of Spain are the witness of traditional medicine inherited from the ancient complex formulas of herbal teas and medicinal wines. In this study, we document the use of traditional alcoholic beverages, identify their ingredients, almost exclusively botanical, record the local medicinal uses of these mixtures, and discuss patterns of distribution of this knowledge in regions of eastern Spain, the Balearic Islands and Andorra. We determine marker species and relevant patterns of herbal formulas in the different regions of the territory. Homemade liquors and liqueurs are consumed for their digestive and tonic-restorative properties but they also play in some cases an important social role. The elderly remember other medicinal uses such as aperitif, emm

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Frances V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8513779 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature