Table 2.
Comparison of problems due to hot flash in studied groups during the study base on HFQ.
| Botanical name | Traditional Preparation | Traditional uses in Alamut region | Traditional and medicinal uses in references |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achillea millefolium | Infusion, decoction | Backache, asthma, pectoralgia, infections of pregnant women | Tonic, antihemorrhoids, healing the wounds (8), diaphoretic, emmenagogue (9), cholagogue, antibacterial, astringent, loss of appetite, dyspeptic complanints, liver and gallbladder complaints (10), anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic (used in cold, flatulent colic, heartburn), cicatrizant, antidysenteric, antihaemorrhagic, antipyretic, diuretic, urinary antiseptic (11) to heal chapped skin, haemostatic, hair tonic, decrease blood pressure, antispasmodic, flatulence (11, 12) |
| Anchusa italica | Infusion, decoction | Common cold | Stimulant, tonic, demulcent; used in bilious complaints, fever, cough, asthma; as diuretic in bladder and kidney stones (11), sedative (8, 13) |
| Berberis integerrima | Infusion, decoction, edible | Enteric fever, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, anemia | Enhances the antibacterial activity of ampicillin against Staphylococcus aureus (14), antibilious (13), hepatoprotective activity (15), control of hypertension as ACEIs (16) |
| Capparis spinosa | Edible, decoction and demulcent of root | Headache, renal calculus, pododynia, Blooms after boiling are used in some foods because of its hot effects | Diuretic, tonic, antihysteria, gout (17), astringent, diuretic, expectorant, stimulating tonic, gastrointestinal infections, diarrhea, rheumatism, eye infections (18), carminative, headache, blood fat and sugar, hemorrhoids, digestive disorders (19), antibacterial and antifungal activity (20), anti-inflammatory, deobstruent to liver and spleen, anthelmintic, vasoconstrictive (11). Bark: given in splenic, renal and hepatic complaints (11). Juice of leaves and fruits: anticystic, bactericidal and fungicidal (11). Dried flower buds: used in scurvy (11), spleenomegaly, vomiting (21) |
| Echium amoenum | Infusion | Common cold, stomachache, headache, sedative | Common cold, sedative, exhilarating, diuretic (22), analgesic (23), antioxidant, anxiolytic (24, 25), diaphoretic (8) |
| Ferula persica | Steam cooked, edible | Spicy, cooking, heart oxygenating, gout, sinusitis, pododynia, backache | Carminative, diuretic, laxative, alexipharmic, digestive, emmenagogue, antispasmodic (26), hot and dry effects, anti-flatulence, renal calculus, arthralgia, gout, stomach worms, diuretic (27), antihysteria (28) |
| Fumaria asepala | Powder with henna | Migraine, hand schism, mange | Sedative, diuretic, hypotensive and weight reducing (29) |
| Grammosciadium platycarpum | Edible | Tonic, cooking some foods | Antibacterial (30, 31) |
| Heracleum persicum | Infusion, powder, decoction | Tremor, migraine, headache caused by sinusitis (It is harmful for eyes), ascaris worms | Spice, flatulence, indigestion,(28), anticonvulsant activity (32), anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties (33) |
| Botanical name | Traditional Preparation | Traditional uses in Alamut region | Traditional and medicinal uses in references |
| Hippophae rhamnoides | Infusion, edible | Hypertension, hyperlipidemia | Vitamin C content, wounds, epithelization, sclerosis, infection prophylaxis, radiation damage, such as X-ray damage, sunburn, treatment of wounds (10), antioxidant activities (34), prevention of ethanol-induced ulcer formation in rats (35), cancer therapy, cardiovascular diseases, treatment of gastrointestinal ulcers, skin disorder and as a liver protective agent (36), antiworm, fruits are laxative (37) |
| Juglans regia | infusion | Diabetes, backache, pododynia, gonalgia | Skin-excessive, inflammation skin, gastrointestinal catarrh, anthelmintic (10), asthma and sexual weakness (38), psycoanaleptic (39), diabetes (37) |
| Malva neglecta | Edible, Infusion | Constipation, infected boils, mouth fungal infection in children | Lenient, sedative, diuretic, pectoralgia, anti-inflammatory, hemorrhoid, ophthalmitis, vaginite anti-inflammatory, aphtes (17), to heal abdominal pains (40) |
| Smyrnium cordifolium | Edible | Bitter aromatic, hot effects, cooking, tonic | Antimicrobial activity (41,42) edible, diuretic, tonic, removing renal calculus (43) |
| Stachys lavandulifolia | Infusion, powder, edible | Headache, renal calculus | Strengthening stomach, stomachalgia, sedative, digestion tract problems (13), anxiolytic effects (44, 45) |
| Viola odorata | Infusion | Decrease blood pressure, fever, migraine, sedative, constipation | Chronic bronchial asthma, cold, symptoms of the upper respiratory tract, catarrh, rheumatism, skin diseases, inflammation of the oral mucosa, nervous strain, headache, insomnia, hysteria (10), diaphoretic (17), antipyretic (46) |
| Ziziphora clinopodioides | Infusion, edible | Cold, infections, stomachache, headache, increase nausea | Strengthening stomach, stomachalgia, typhus, cold, antiseptic (37,13), antibacterial activity (47), supported stomach, heart ailment (37) |
| Stachys lavandulifolia | Infusion, powder, edible | Headache, renal calculus | Strengthening stomach, stomachalgia, sedative, digestion tract problems (13), anxiolytic effects (44, 45) |
| Viola odorata | Infusion | Decrease blood pressure, fever, migraine, sedative, constipation | Chronic bronchial asthma, cold, symptoms of the upper respiratory tract, catarrh, rheumatism, skin diseases, inflammation of the oral mucosa, nervous strain, headache, insomnia, hysteria (10), diaphoretic (17), antipyretic (46) |
| Ziziphora clinopodioides | Infusion, edible | Cold, infections, stomachache, headache, increase nausea | Strengthening stomach, stomachalgia, typhus, cold, antiseptic (37,13), antibacterial activity (47), supported stomach, heart ailment (37) |