enough highlighted (given that the individual speaker became creator of language / poetry whenever he named a flower. Our paper aims to reveal an inventory, an interpretation and a statistic of romanian names of plants which implicates the word "zmeu", spread through the botanical terminology, a phenomenon which, as considered by E. Like in other folkloric creations, in our ethnobotany this being has evil representations. Many of the romanian phytonyms are directly related to the dragon ("zmeu"). The present study exposed for the first time to the international scientific community important ethnopediatric information contained in several local Romanian bibliographical resources that could guide the local and international researchers towards new directions of plant valorization.
The species identified to have the highest ERTV scores were Dryopteris filix-mas (100%), Gratiola officinalis (85.71%), Allium sativum (71.42%), Eryngium planum (71.42%), Juglans regia (71.42%), Matricaria chamomilla (71.42%), Plantago major (71.42%). We have also proposed one index (expressed as percentage) in order to assess the ethnopediatric applicability area of species: ethnopediatric relative therapeutic versatility (ERTV), which was calculated on the basis of the number of distinct uses mentioned for a species. The plant traditional indications, targeted body systems, parts used, and way of administration were provided. Information was mainly obtained by manual systematic search in various relevant historical works focused on the traditional use of medicinal plants in Romania (1860s-1970s), found in the Archives of Romanian Academy Library and National Romanian Library.Ī total of 153 medicinal plants belonging to 52 families were identified as having ethnopediatric significance.
The main objective of the present review was to identify, collect, systematize, and prioritize the available bibliographical data related to medicinal plants traditionally used to treat various pediatric diseases in Romania during the 1860s-1970s. Romanian ethnopediatrics has a long history of medicinal plant use.
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