Three remedies of Yunt Dağı
In the villages of Yunt Dağı in Manisa, researchers interviewed 55 people; most people in the area are of Yörük origin. The plant mentioned most was mint: two-thirds of those interviewed named mint tea for stomach ache. Second was St John’s wort, rubbed on wounds with olive oil. In one village, children who wet the bed at night are given oriental sweetgum resin to chew.
Source: Emin Uğurlu, Özcan Seçmen, “Medicinal plants popularly used in the villages of Yunt Mountain (Manisa-Turkey)”, Fitoterapia 79, 2008 (Uğurlu and Seçmen, Fitoterapia, 2008). This is a folk record, not a treatment recommendation.
Flour sprinkled on wounds: yarrow