Continuity and change in the Mediterranean medical tradition: Ruta spp. (rutaceae) in Hippocratic medicine and present practices
Antonino Pollio|Antonino De Natale|Emanuela Appetiti|Giovanni Aliotta|Alain Touwaide
Ruta is a genus of Rutaceae family. It features mainly shrubby plants, native to the Mediterranean region and present in traditional medicine this since Antiquity. The three most diffused species chalepensis L., graveolens montana (L.) are morphologically poorly differentiated were probably interchangeably used during Antiquity.Hippocratic contemporary medical applications compared check if they result from continuity use ancient times nowadays.Ruta spp. was employed preparations by Hippocratic physicians as an abortifacient emmenagogue. In addition gynaecological conditions, several treatises Corpus HippocraticumRuta also recommended specific remedy against pulmonary diseases. leaves roots seeds, administered for internal after having been soaked wine or mixed with honey its derivatives. Contemporary uses have assessed detail whole area.Nowadays, treat different conditions but, general rule, external preferred toxicity plant widely acknowledged.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology|PubMed