The herb of women who want a child
In Diyadin and Doğubayazıt, women who want a child regularly drink the juice of common mallow. In Anatolia, mallow is mostly known as a food and as a cough remedy; this record shows that the same plant takes on quite different meanings from region to region.
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.
Flour sprinkled on wounds: yarrow