ETHNOBOTANY OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS USED FOR FOOD IN THE BUKHARA REGION
Abstract
ABSTRACT\n\nThe article presents data on the ethnobotanical characteristics of 12 species of medicinal and food plants in the Bukhara region, where the climatic conditions are specific, hot and dry. These plants were used by the local population in ancient times and now as food and natural remedies. As a result of the study, data on the use of medicinal plants in food were collected on the basis of surveys of rural residents, housewives and elderly people of the city of Bukhara and the region. It is worth noting that due to the demand of the modern era, the study of the nutritional and therapeutic aspects of medicinal plants that grow naturally, their scientific and practical significance, determines the possibility of their use in folk-medicine.\n\nResearch on the ethnobotany of medicinal plants was conducted in 2019-2021. During the research, samples of the herbarium of higher plants of the Bukhara region were collected. Having determined their types and medicinal properties, the purposes of their use by the local population were studied. The purpose of using medicinal plants for food by the local population was revealed in the results of a survey of doctors and elderly people of the neighborhood.\n\nThe local population introduced 12 types of food crops and medicinal plants. It is established that these plants have a high nutritional value with medicinal properties. Their specific biological properties increase the body's immunity, ensure the intake of vitamins in the body. These types of medicinal plants in Uzbekistan increase the body’s resistance to various diseases, especially in the hot climatic conditions of Bukhara.