The overview of the medical plants in Flos medicinae

Najstarije zapise o liječenju ljekovitim biljem nalazimo u ostacima drevnih civilizacija. Farmakognozija, znanstvena disciplina koja proučava ljekovite droge, ima korijene u grčkim medicinskim zapisima. Europska medicina srednjeg vijeka se oslanjala na samostane u kojima su se prepisivala antička medicinska djela. Trgovački putevi prema istoku i arapski utjecaj, koji je nadopunio znanja grčko-rimskih liječnika-ljekarnika, omogućili su osnutak i razvoj Salernske medicinske škole, a njezino najpoznatije djelo je Flos medicinae: Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum. To je skup pravila o zdravom životu, bolestima i primjeni biljnih droga, sastavljen prema antičkim izvorima i empirijskim iskustvima salernskih liječnika. Djelo je izvorno napisano na latinskom, a na hrvatski jezik ga je preveo franjevac Emerik Pavić (1768.). Bila je to prva medicinska knjiga na hrvatskom jeziku. U ovom je diplomskom radu dan pregled trinaest recepata iz toga djela s biljnim drogama koje rastu na našem području: šljiva, smokva, komorač, anis, sljez, paprena metvica, kadulja, ruta, crveni luk, gorušica, kopriva, rosopas i vrba. Mnoge se od tih biljnih droga primjenjuju u suvremenoj fitoterapiji te je prikazana i ATK klasifikacija oficinalnih droga.The oldest known medical plants-related data and their use for the purpose of treatment were found in medicine of ancient civilizations. Pharmacognosy, the study of drugs isolated from natural sources, finds its roots in the civilization of ancient Greece. The monasteries had important role for the european middle ages medicine, in which the classic Greek-Roman manuscripts were copied by hand. The Salerno School of Medicine was founded and developed under the Arabic influence, carried by the trade routes to the east. It's most known medical work was Flos medicinae: Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum, which is a rulebook of healthy lifestyle, ilnesses, and plant-based drugs, based on the classical sources and empiric experience of doctors of Salerno. Originally written in Latin, later it was translated to Croatian by a Francisian monk Emerik Pavić (1768.). It was the first medical book in Croatian language. This diploma thesis gives insight in thirteen plant-based drug recipies from Flos medicinae, of those plants that grow in the local area: plum, fig, fennel, anise, marsmallow, peppermint, sage, common rue, onion, white mustard, common nettle, greater celandine, and willow. This diploma thesis gives insight into the ATC classification of some of the selected plants, because many of those drugs are still in use in the modern phytotherapy