Medicinal Plants Preferences for the Treatment of COVID-19 Symptoms in Central and Eastern Anatolia

Aim of study: This study aimed to determine the medicinal plant use preferences herbalists’ customers against COVID-19 symptoms during pandemic period.
 Area The was carried out in nine provinces located Central and Eastern Anatolia Region Turkey herbalists selling plants.
 Material methods: Data on 35 plants from 373 49 were collected between April 2020 December 2020. Relative Frequency Citation (RFC) Fidelity Level (FL) quantitative indices used measure use, cultural significance, specificity Main results: highest RFC found for Thymus spp. (0.59). It followed by Ceratonia siliqua L. (0.56), Zingiber officinale Roscoe Mentha pulegium (0.50), respectively. area with a high FL (84.83%) cough, (80.95%) fever, (76.47%) nausea-vomiting. Sambucus nigra L., Echinacea angustifolia DC., whose sales/demand increased most Highlights: understood that there significant increase sales species such as nigra, angustifolia, spp., period. situation showed consensus among public these effective