o:6226 Herbal preparations for treatment of insect and other animal bites in Serbia during 19th and early to mid-20th centuries en 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 investigate the plant-based treatments used in Serbian folk medicine for treatment of insect and other animal bites as class of skin disorders in the 19th and early to mid-20th centuries. We have recorded use of 32 plant species from 19 families (mainly Amaryllidaceae, Asteraceae, Solanaceae, Lamiaceae, Fabaceae and Plantaginaceae). The commonly used plant parts were leaves, probably due to convenience of their collecting. They were mainly used against snakebites, but bee, wasp, hornet, dog, green lizard and scorpion bites were also recorded. Fresh plants or their products (juice or latex) were applied directly, rubbed over bites, or mixed with water or oil in order to obtain paste. On the other hand, plants as Stachys officinalis, Sonchus oleraceus and Allium cepa were applied orally. Herbal preparations were mainly used for treatment of snakebites, since they were a great threat before, especially for people that were engaged in agriculture. Only few species were used in treatment of insect bite (Triticum aestivum, Tussilago farfara, Satureja hortensis, Prunus domestica, Ocimum basilicum and Allium ampeloprasum). Future pharmacological and toxicological investigations are required to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of these species for treating bites as dermatological affections. medicinal plants, bites, traditional medicine 1552100 978-86-918145-3-3 2024-11-27T12:15:11.214Z 44 no 46 Jelena Živković Institute for Medicinal Plant Research, ''Dr. Josif Pančić'', Belgrade 0000-0002-9684-2637 46 Nina Dragičević Department of Pharmacy, Singidunum University, Belgrade 46 Katarina Šavikin Institute for Medicinal Plants Research "Dr Josif Pančić", Belgrade 0000-0002-2086-9593 46 Marko Pišev University of Belgrade, Faculty of Phylosophy, Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Belgrade application/pdf 2081884 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:6226 no yes 1 70 92000004 71A10 ABSTRACT BOOK 214 214 46th International Congress for the History of Pharmacy 2024