Editing Drosera (section)

===Traditional medicine ===
The [[Zafimaniry]] people in central Madagascar have been using ''[[Drosera madagascariensis]]'' as a remedy for dysentery and fever.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rakotondrafara |first1=Andriamalala |last2=Rakotondrajaona |first2=Roland |last3=Rakotoarisoa |first3=Marrino |last4=Ratsimbason |first4=Michel |last5=Rasamison |first5=Vincent Emile |last6=Rakotonandrasana |first6=Stephan Richard |title=Ethnobotany of medicinal plants used by the Zafimaniry clan in Madagascar |journal=The Journal of Phytopharmacology |date=December 2018 |volume=7 |issue=6 |pages=483–494 |doi=10.31254/phyto.2018.7606|doi-access=free }}</ref>

In Western medicine, sundews were used as [[herbal medicine|medicinal herbs]] as early as the 12th century, when an Italian doctor from the School of Salerno, [[Matthaeus Platearius]], described the plant as an herbal remedy for [[cough]]s under the name ''herba sole''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drosera herba |url=https://www.altmeyers.org/en/naturopathy/drosera-herba-143953 |website=Altmeyers Encyclopedia - Department Phytotherapy |access-date=17 March 2022 |language=en |date=29 October 2020}}</ref> 
Culbreth's 1927 ''Materia Medica'' listed ''D. rotundifolia'', ''D. anglica'' and ''[[Drosera linearis|D. linearis]]'' as being used as [[stimulants]] and [[expectorant]]s, and "of doubtful efficacy" for treating [[bronchitis]], [[whooping cough]], and [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="Culbreth-1927">{{cite book |last1=Culbreth |first1=David M. R. |title=Materia Medica and Pharmacology |date=1927 |publisher=Lea & Febiger |location=Philadelphia}}</ref>  
Sundew tea was recommended by herbalists for dry coughs, [[bronchitis]], [[whooping cough]], [[asthma]] and "bronchial cramps".<ref name="Schilcher-1993">{{cite journal | last1 = Schilcher | first1 = H. | last2 = Elzer | first2 = M. | year = 1993 | title = Drosera (Sundew): A proven antitussive | journal = Zeitschrift für Phytotherapie | volume = 14 | issue = 50| page = 4 }}</ref>
The ''French Pharmacopoeia'' of 1965 listed sundew for the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as asthma, [[chronic bronchitis]] and whooping cough.<ref name="Ghate-2016">{{cite journal |last1=Ghate |first1=N. B. |last2=Das |first2=A. |last3=Chaudhuri |first3=D. |last4=Panja |first4=S. |last5=Mandal |first5=N. |title=Sundew plant, a potential source of anti-inflammatory agents, selectively induces G2/M arrest and apoptosis in MCF-7 cells through upregulation of p53 and Bax/Bcl-2 ratio |journal=Cell Death Discovery |date=2016 |volume=2 |pages=15062 |doi=10.1038/cddiscovery.2015.62 |pmid=27551490 |pmc=4979533 |issn=2058-7716}}</ref>

''Drosera'' has been used commonly in cough preparations in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sundew |url=https://wa.kaiserpermanente.org/kbase/topic.jhtml?docId=hn-2171001 |website=Kaiser Permanente |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref> In [[traditional medicine]] practices, ''Drosera'' is used to treat ailments such as [[asthma]], coughs, lung infections, and [[stomach ulcer]]s.<ref name="Hoffmann-2003">{{cite book |last1=Hoffmann |first1=David |title=Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine |date=24 October 2003 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-59477-890-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e10oDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1474 |access-date=17 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

Herbal preparations are primarily made using the roots, flowers, and fruit-like capsules.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wichtl |first1=M. |title=Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals : a handbook for practice on a scientific basis |date=1994 |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton, FL |isbn= |pages=178, 81 |edition=}}</ref> Since all native sundews species are protected in many parts of Europe and North America, [[extract]]s are usually prepared using cultivated fast-growing sundews (specifically ''D. rotundifolia'', ''[[Drosera intermedia|D. intermedia]]'', ''D. anglica'', ''[[Drosera ramentacea|D. ramentacea]]'' and ''D. madagascariensis'') or from plants collected and imported from Madagascar, Spain, France, Finland and the [[Baltics]].

Sundews are historically mentioned as an [[aphrodisiac]]<ref name="Wolf-2006">{{cite web |last1=Wolf |first1=E. |last2=Gage |first2=E. |last3=Cooper |first3=D.J. |title=Drosera rotundifolia L. (roundleaf sundew): a technical conservation assessment |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5250874.pdf |website=USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region |access-date=17 March 2022|date=29 June 2006 }}</ref> (hence the common name ''lustwort'').<ref name="Vogel">{{cite web |last1=Vogel |first1=A. |title=Drosera rotundifolia L. {{!}} Round-leafed Sundew |url=https://www.avogel.com/plant-encyclopaedia/drosera_rotundifolia.php |website=Plant Encyclopaedia |access-date=17 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> They are mentioned as a folk remedy for treatment of warts, corns, and freckles.<ref name="Crowder-1990">{{cite journal |last1=Crowder |first1=A. A. |last2=Pearson |first2=M. C. |last3=Grubb |first3=P. J. |last4=Langlois |first4=P. H. |title=Drosera L. |journal=Journal of Ecology |date=1990 |volume=78 |issue=1 |pages=233–267 |doi=10.2307/2261048 |jstor=2261048 |bibcode=1990JEcol..78..233C |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2261048 |access-date=15 March 2022 |issn=0022-0477}}</ref>