Phytos; plant, therapeuein; treatment. In other words, it means treatment with plants. French physician Henri Leclerc (1870-1955) used the word phytotherapy for the first time. Traditionally, for centuries, people have used plants to prevent diseases and to contribute to the treatment of diseases. In modern practice, raw plants or standardized forms of syrups, tablets, capsules and tinctures containing their active parts are used to prevent disease and support treatment.

The process by which plants come to be used for healing purposes:

Trial and error

By observing animal behavior

It was by trial and error.

Uses of plants:

Healthy living (wellness)

Disease prevention

Treatment of diseases

The history of medicinal plants is as old as human history.

Historical sources showing the use of plants for health purposes:

Ebers papyri

Dioscorides: materia medica

Al-Qanun Fi't-Tıb (Ibn-i Sina)

Baytarname (Ibn-i Sina)

Seyahatname (Evliya Çelebi)

Flora Orientalis

Flora of Turkey

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