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The herbal medicines were being used in the treatment of diseases of the mankind since the first period of the humanity and they were generally endemic. Those were being tested for a long time and when the positive effects had been cleared, and then these herbals would be used by the other people too, as soon as possible. The Egir and Tutya were of from such kind of herbals. When the Turks came to Anatolia from the Central Asia and that was kept on to continue to use them since they knew of these herbals, The Egir and Tutya were those kinds of important medications and their importance would be detected in the future too. The Egir (Propolis or Acorus Calamus L.) was an important drug and was very well known in the Central Asia by the Turks. The Uigur (Uygur) medicine books are emphasizing the importance of it and in the proverbs among the people that has taken the place. The book of “Divan-i- Lugat-i Tıb” was post in the 11th century and this was the dictionary of medicine and had also a place in it and the plant was known as digestive, releases the stomach pain, stops the suffering and carminative and effectively used in the stomach and the liver diseases. Thus the proverb emphasizes the importance of the weed away while saying “If the Egir is galore, man doesn’t die” this emphasizes as to keep the death away. Evliya Celebi was also been aware of this Egir Plant and mentions on it in many parts of his travelogue. He also mentioned that the Egir was grown in plenty at the Caga Lake area that the roots were digestive and been lining the ropes and sent from provinces to other provinces and the other name is “the wind grass”, as of the author says. Apart from the Caga Lake area, this plant is grown at the Danube Castle in Nagykanizsa and at the Ten River area that is at the end of the fortress of Azov and also in Istanbul Kagithane River, as the recorded. In Turkestan in the roots of this plant is cooked in hot ash and used against the tuberculosis and the cough, we also know that the roots are chewed in order to prevent infectious diseases in the Central Asia, again, we also know that the Tartars were using to disinfect the drinking water by the roots of. This is a plant that the Ottoman physicians had received for treatment. It was introduced to Europe in the 13th century by the Turks Today, in Europe is utilized from its roots and the tincture. The Tutya herbal’s, (Primula officinalis, Evening primrose) homeland is in the Central Asia and have known as an eye (opthalmic) plant. For the effective use on the eye diseases, the physicians were collecting these flowers, of the Tutya plant, that grows naturally on the mountains. Evliya Çelebi also knew this plant, it was found in galore at the Egerli mountain which is in the south of Erzurum and is meritorious for the eye doctors and were collecting the flowers here and give wellness to the blind eyes, like they have bright eyes, even that those were like the blind shaft was pulled to destroy like forty years ago, was in writing. The British traveler Wheller in 1723 wrote a book to introduce this plant to Europe. This plant is also used by the Ottoman doctors on the eye diseases and the Europe, today, is using this medicine for different purposes

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