From folk medicine · Muğla (Ula)

The dyer’s burn ointment

Chaste tree

In Ula, Muğla, the madder dyer Recep Tütüncü (1865–1950) made his own mixture when burns from the dye cauldrons became frequent: kiriş otu root, the fine roots of valonia oak, chaste tree bark and mastic tree resin, with vegetable oils. The knowledge passed to his son, then to his grandchildren. If a large part of the body is burned, they send the patient to hospital.

Source: Fatma Birgili, Muesser Özcan, “Kök Boya Ustasından Bitki Kökleri ile Yanık Uygulaması”, Lokman Hekim Dergisi 2(3), 2012 (Birgili and Özcan, Lokman Hekim Dergisi, 2012). This is a folk record, not a treatment recommendation.

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