The herb burned after the summer pasture

In the Ağrı region, when people come back from the highland pastures, common bugloss (Anchusa azurea) is burned in the houses that stood empty; the smoke is meant to kill insects. The same record also warns that the plant can poison if used too much. An everyday, practical form of cleansing a house with plant smoke.

Source: Oğuz Doğan, “Diyadin ve Doğubayazıt Yöresi Halk Hekimliğinde Kullanılan Yabani Bitkiler”, Lokman Hekim Dergisi 13(1), 2023 (Doğan, Lokman Hekim Dergisi, 2023). This is a folk record, not a treatment recommendation.