Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Presov, 17th November St., 01, SK-081 16, Presov, Slovak Republic
Slovak Republic, a country of Central Europe lies in the climatically favourable mild zone of Northern hemisphere. Since time immemorial medicinal plants have played the most important part in the composition of therapeutic and various preparations used in popular human health medicine in Slovak. In past centuries about 600 to 800 species were used for curative purposes. Now-a-days about 200 medicinal plants are being used in therapy and in popular human healthcare. An up-to-date progress has been discussed herein.
Botanical medicine, herbs, Slovakia, tradition, usage
