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Keywords
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ethnobotany; medicinal plants, urinary tract, kidney pain, Shahrekord, Iran
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Abstract
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Kidney problems such as kidney stones, pyelonephritis, nephropathy, diabetes, hypertension
and other kidney complications can cause kidney pain. In general, opioid and non-opioid
systemic analgesics are used to control pain that have many side effects such as nausea,
vomiting, sedation, and respiratory depression. Studies on plants that can be useful in the
treatment of kidney diseases such as kidney pain are difficult and little research has been
done in this regard. Therefore, in this ethnobotanical study, plant antioxidants and medicinal
plants affecting kidney pain were identified. For this purpose, a questionnaire was used to
identify and obtain indigenous information and knowledge of traditional therapists in
Shahrekord regarding the treatment of kidney pain. This ethnobotanical study was
conducted from 21 April, 2016 to 19 February, 2017 in 29 traditional therapists of the region
under purpose. Finally, the data drawn from the questionnaires were analyzed using the
Excel software. In this study, the frequency of plant use was also calculated. The results of
this study showed that 16 species of medicinal plants from 11 plant families in this region are
used as anti-kidney pain medicinal plants. The most frequently used plant as anti-kidney
pain medicinal plant was Alhagi maurorum (79% followed by Tribulus terrestris 70%.
Besides, the Asteraceae family (5 plant species) was the largest family of medicinal plants
with anti-kidney pain effect, and the flower (32%) was the most frequently used plant organ
for anti-kidney pain property.
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