application/pdf 5470085 bytes All rights reserved eng BOOK OF ABSTRACTS startpage: 21 endpage: 22 info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceProceedings https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:6189 Živković, Jelena Šavikin, Katarina Pišev, Marko Hair and sculp problems treatment in 19th and 20th century. Plant-based remedies from Serbian folk medicine 2024 Medicinal plants have been used in Serbia for treatment of numerous health problems since the medieval times and the oldest documents concerning this topic date back from the 14th century (The Hodoch Codex) and the 16th century (The Chilandar Medicinal Codex). The aim of this paper was to present the plant-based treatments used in Serbian folk medicine for treatment of hair and sculp problems in the 19th and early to mid-20th centuries. The main problems in Serbia associated with hair were balding and hair loss, dandruff, head lice and nits as well as scalp crusts. We have identified 27 plant species belonging to 21 plant families that were utilized in the management of these problems. The most representative families were Asteraceae, Rannunculaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Rosaceae and Brassicaceae. Recorded plant species were mainly applied topically, directly or in form of various herbal preparations that were rubbed on the scalp skin. These preparations mainly included water in which plant was soaked or boiled, as well as juice obtained by squeezing the fresh plant parts (for Vitis vinifera stem and Solanum americanum fruit). Plants were mainly applied individually but plant combinations were also recorded.