Home Gardens as a Source of Medicinal, Herbal and Food Preparations: Modern and Historical Approaches in Lithuania

The culture of home gardens in Lithuania comes from the deep traditions of agriculture. The purpose of this study was to collect and evaluate the ethnobotanical knowledge of medicinal plants grown in Tauragė District home gardens and to compare it with archival sources. A field survey was conducted...

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Autores principales: Zivile Pranskuniene, Roberta Bajoraite, Zenona Simaitiene, Jurga Bernatoniene
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:72979498046c4a8580485ca360755f092021-11-11T15:04:28ZHome Gardens as a Source of Medicinal, Herbal and Food Preparations: Modern and Historical Approaches in Lithuania10.3390/app112199882076-3417https://doaj.org/article/72979498046c4a8580485ca360755f092021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/21/9988https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3417The culture of home gardens in Lithuania comes from the deep traditions of agriculture. The purpose of this study was to collect and evaluate the ethnobotanical knowledge of medicinal plants grown in Tauragė District home gardens and to compare it with archival sources. A field survey was conducted from July 2019 to October 2020 in the Tauragė District, and the target group consisted of 27 respondents. The data obtained during the research were compared with the unpublished work of E. Šimkūnaitė, dated 1948. During the research, 100 cultivated plant species were recorded and assigned to 36 plant families (76 plant species and 38 plant families in the archival source, respectively). Many of the species grown earlier/at present in home gardens were used without EMA approved medical indications and were based solely on folk knowledge and experience in medicine. Despite the wide network of pharmacies and well-available primary health care in Lithuania, the residents of Tauragė District still grow medicinal plants in their home gardens for various purposes—from homemade medicines to food–herbal preparations. This food–medicine connection is as tight as it was in the archival study of 1948, which shows the surviving Lithuanian tradition of growing both food and medicine in home gardens. Those cultivated plants most suitable for Lithuanian climatic conditions and with ethnic heritage-based medical applications can be a source of ideas for further research.Zivile PranskunieneRoberta BajoraiteZenona SimaitieneJurga BernatonieneMDPI AGarticlehome gardensherbal preparationsLithuaniaTechnologyTEngineering (General). Civil engineering (General)TA1-2040Biology (General)QH301-705.5PhysicsQC1-999ChemistryQD1-999ENApplied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 9988, p 9988 (2021)
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topic home gardens
herbal preparations
Lithuania
Technology
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Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Physics
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Chemistry
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herbal preparations
Lithuania
Technology
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Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Physics
QC1-999
Chemistry
QD1-999
Zivile Pranskuniene
Roberta Bajoraite
Zenona Simaitiene
Jurga Bernatoniene
Home Gardens as a Source of Medicinal, Herbal and Food Preparations: Modern and Historical Approaches in Lithuania
description The culture of home gardens in Lithuania comes from the deep traditions of agriculture. The purpose of this study was to collect and evaluate the ethnobotanical knowledge of medicinal plants grown in Tauragė District home gardens and to compare it with archival sources. A field survey was conducted from July 2019 to October 2020 in the Tauragė District, and the target group consisted of 27 respondents. The data obtained during the research were compared with the unpublished work of E. Šimkūnaitė, dated 1948. During the research, 100 cultivated plant species were recorded and assigned to 36 plant families (76 plant species and 38 plant families in the archival source, respectively). Many of the species grown earlier/at present in home gardens were used without EMA approved medical indications and were based solely on folk knowledge and experience in medicine. Despite the wide network of pharmacies and well-available primary health care in Lithuania, the residents of Tauragė District still grow medicinal plants in their home gardens for various purposes—from homemade medicines to food–herbal preparations. This food–medicine connection is as tight as it was in the archival study of 1948, which shows the surviving Lithuanian tradition of growing both food and medicine in home gardens. Those cultivated plants most suitable for Lithuanian climatic conditions and with ethnic heritage-based medical applications can be a source of ideas for further research.
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author Zivile Pranskuniene
Roberta Bajoraite
Zenona Simaitiene
Jurga Bernatoniene
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Roberta Bajoraite
Zenona Simaitiene
Jurga Bernatoniene
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title Home Gardens as a Source of Medicinal, Herbal and Food Preparations: Modern and Historical Approaches in Lithuania
title_short Home Gardens as a Source of Medicinal, Herbal and Food Preparations: Modern and Historical Approaches in Lithuania
title_full Home Gardens as a Source of Medicinal, Herbal and Food Preparations: Modern and Historical Approaches in Lithuania
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