The Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants is the first illustrated reference on the uses of plants in the Arabian Peninsula. It documents and preserves the existing knowledge in a region where social patterns are rapidly changing. The book emphasizes the need for preserving social and cultural patterns and examines the close relationship between those patterns and nature. This excellent source identifies more than 250 species of plants and describes their medicinal uses. Biochemical information and references are also included for each species.
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Lest you think Arabian herbs are too obscure for your use, almost half of the 250 plants in this book should prove familiar.
-American Herb Association
A well-illustrated book that provides information on a family-by-family and species-by-species basis, with species descriptions and information on distribution, flowering, fruiting, treatment, basic chemical composition, and uses, complete with references to key literature sources.
-Northeastern Naturalist, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2001
-American Herb Association
A well-illustrated book that provides information on a family-by-family and species-by-species basis, with species descriptions and information on distribution, flowering, fruiting, treatment, basic chemical composition, and uses, complete with references to key literature sources.
-Northeastern Naturalist, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2001
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Not too long ago traditional medicine was the only type of care available to a large section of the people of the Arabian Peninsula, but in the last two decades modern medicine has become accessible even to many of the remote villages. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
treating swellings, crenate margins, branching from the base, treating skin problems, dentate margins, axillary racemes, stipular spines, treating diarrhoea, corolla tubular, monocotyledonous family, terminal corymbs, escarpment mountains, cyanogenetic glycosides, abdominal colic, axillary cymes, annual herb, fruit globose, herbal shops, terminal racemes, wadi beds, triterpenoid saponins, axillary clusters, general tonic, spreading lobes, serrate margins Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Description Perennial, Distribution Throughout Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Description Annual, Comments Uses, Distribution Southern Arabia, References Abbas, References Abulafatih, Dhofari Arabic, References Evans, References Miller, Distribution Native, Description Tree, Description Shrub, References Ghazanfar, Treatment Dried, Distribution Cultivated, Treatment Leaves, Description Evergreen, Old World, Description Monoecious, References Schopen, Comments In Baluchistan, Description Succulent, May Medicinal New!
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Not too long ago traditional medicine was the only type of care available to a large section of the people of the Arabian Peninsula, but in the last two decades modern medicine has become accessible even to many of the remote villages. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
treating swellings, crenate margins, branching from the base, treating skin problems, dentate margins, axillary racemes, stipular spines, treating diarrhoea, corolla tubular, monocotyledonous family, terminal corymbs, escarpment mountains, cyanogenetic glycosides, abdominal colic, axillary cymes, annual herb, fruit globose, herbal shops, terminal racemes, wadi beds, triterpenoid saponins, axillary clusters, general tonic, spreading lobes, serrate margins Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Description Perennial, Distribution Throughout Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Description Annual, Comments Uses, Distribution Southern Arabia, References Abbas, References Abulafatih, Dhofari Arabic, References Evans, References Miller, Distribution Native, Description Tree, Description Shrub, References Ghazanfar, Treatment Dried, Distribution Cultivated, Treatment Leaves, Description Evergreen, Old World, Description Monoecious, References Schopen, Comments In Baluchistan, Description Succulent, May Medicinal New!
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- Saudi Arabia (Creation of the Modern Middle East) by Heather Lehr Wagner on page 46, page 132, and page 180
- Saudi Arabia (Enchantment of the World) by Leila Merrell Foster in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Flora Of Eastern Saudi Arabia (Studies in the Flora of Saudi Arabia, No 1) by Mandaville in Back Matter
- Medical Botany: Plants Affecting Man's Health by Walter Hepworth Lewis in Back Matter
- Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa by Bep Oliver-Bever in Back Matter
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- Citrus: The Genus Citrus (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles) by Giovanni Dugo on page 598
- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices by James A. Duke in Back Matter
- Pharmacodynamic Basis of Herbal Medicine, Second Edition by Manuchair Ebadi in Index
- Cilia, Mucus, and Mucociliary Interactions by Nadav Liron on page 508
- Development of Plant-Based Medicines: Conservation, Efficacy and Safety by Praveen K. Saxena on page 42
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