بررسي عرضه و مصرف گياهان دارويي موجود در عطاري هاي استان لرستان در سال 1387

A survey on supply and demand of medicinal plants in Lorestan province groceries

Background: The results of activities related to medicinal plant industry lead to maintenance and progress of society health. To pay attention to the situation of medicinal plants in groceries, diagnosis of different species, value of consumption and supplier regions as most important factors in medicinal plants forum can be used to programme and policy making in medicinal industry in our country. So via proper scientific programming we can achieve better culture of medicinal plants and consumption, as well as we can improve health parameters in Lorestan province. Materials and Methods: This research was a cross-sectional study and a 3 part questionnaire including questions related to socioeconomic traits, number of medicinal plants and medicinal properties was used for data collection. All of the groceries in Lorestan province (n=69) were studied. Sampling method was availability sample. Results: Results showed that the number of medicinal plants in groceries were about 336 species, the mean of sold weight was 128.48 kg. 94.5% and 5.5% of medicinal plants were supplied from out of Lorestan and Lorestan province respectively. Conclusion: Existence of special plants and mountains, plentiful running water, high storage of under ground water and different climate in the Lorestan province cause a considerable diversity in this province. Whereas the results of this study showed that the most important suppliers of medicinal plants were located out of this province therefore programming in the case of these valuable sources of medicinal plants will lead to higher preoccupation and existence of these crops in the groceries of Lorestan province, even can be exported to other countries.