Herbal medicine in Yemen : traditional knowledge and practice, and their value for today's world /

Traditional medicine in Yemen is largely plant-based. Fourteen scholars represent both humanities and natural sciences in studying herbal medicines and their multifaceted applications within traditional Yemeni society. Approaches are based on textual analysis, empirical research and laboratory exper...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Hehmeyer, Ingrid., Schönig, Hannelore., Regourd, Anne.
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Language:English
Published:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Series:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 96.
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505 0 |a Herbal Medicine inYemen; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; A Note on Transliteration Convention; List of Illustrations and Maps; Map 1: The Governorates of Yemen; Map 2: Significant Places Cited; Introduction; The Validity of Traditional Medicine as an Effective Tool in Issues of Human Health; Eastern Mediterranean Pharmacology and India Trade as a Background for Yemeni Medieval Medicinal Plants; Magic and Medicine in a Thirteenth-century Treatise on the Science of the Stars; Qāt and Traditional Healing in Yemen 
505 8 |a The Aloe and the Frankincense Tree in Southern Arabia: Different Approaches to Their UseHealing through Medicinal Plants: Old Yemenite Therapeutic Traditions and Their Application in Jerusalem Today; Honey, Coffee, and Tea in Cultural Practices of Hadramawt; From Medicinal Plants of Yemen to Therapeutic Herbal Drugs; The Miraculous Plant halqa (Cyphostemma digitatum): From Grandmother's Kitchen in Yemen's South-western Highlands to Modern Medicinal and Culinary Applications 
505 8 |a A Pharmacist's View of the Potential Value to Modern Medicine of Plants and Fungi Used by Traditional Medicine in YemenHealth Issues in the Mountains of Yemen: Healing Practices as Part of Farmers' Traditional Knowledge; Indices; Index of Plants and Fungi; Index of Names; Index of Topics and Keywords 
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