Usage of Savage Plants in the Folk Medicine in Mu？

Folk medicine, which is regarded as an important branch of folk knowledge, stands as the most important surviving field among living folklore elements. Folk medicine which constitutes the basis of modern medicine, continues to be applied in daily life for various reasons particularly the socio-economic status and beliefs. One of the main elements used as medicine in folk medicine is wild plants. Practices based on experiences of thousand years have not lost their importance despite the developments in modern medicine, yet have continued to exist under the name of alternative medicine or complementary medicine. Today because of the strong trust in treatment of plants, it is believed that folk medicine does not harm the body even if it does not heal. The study aims to determine what the local names of the wild plants growing within the vegetation special to Mu？ are, why and how they are used as folk medicine and to record those as cultural activities. Material of the study is the information gotten through face to face interviews conducted with people related to the subject across Mu？. The study indicated that some of the wild plants used as folk medicine heal because of beliefs or by persuading while some other heal due to former experiences. Besides it was determined that while some plants are used to treat one particular disease, some others are used to heal several diseases. In conclusion, people believe that plants growing themselves in nature heal all diseases and hence each plant gowing in a certain area is used to treat a particular disease