Znajomość roślin trujących i leczniczych wśród studentów kierunków medycznych i paramedycznych z różnych regionów Polski

Abstrakt

I conducted a survey on recognition of poisonous and medicinal plants (20 species) in a group of 126 medical and paramedical students from various regions of Poland (56 paramedics, 34 medics, 36 dieticians). Students correctly named only 1.16+1.35 species (5,8% of total). The most commonly recognised were snowdrop Galanthus nivalis 53.2%, belladonna Atropa belladonna 14.3%, marsh-marigold Caltha palustris 11.1%, Sosnowsky's hogweed Heracleum sosnowskyi 11.9%, and purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea 7.9%. No one recognized the 8 species: wood betony Betonica officinalis, sea-buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides, ephedra Ephedra distachya, golden root Rhodiola rosea, false hellebore Veratrum lobelianum, purging buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica, cranberry Oxycoccus palustris or monk's-hood Aconitum firmum.