Tradition and Perspectives of Greco‐Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine

Saad, Bashar; Саид, Омар

doi:10.1002/9780470910108.ch10

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“…These practices are a model of transmission of Arab-Muslim medicine. Some therapeutic uses are transmitted directly from religious texts and are still relevant as hijâma (Cupping therapy), Ruqyah (Reciting Quran), and phytotherapy (Saad and Said 2010).…”

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Ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal analysis of wild medicinal plants traditionally used in Naâma, southwest Algeria

Bouafia

Amamou

Gherib³

et al. 2021

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Algerian people largely rely on traditional medicine practices as part of a community's identity. This first ethnobotanical study aimed to quantify and document the wild medicinal plant taxa from four family and the related traditional knowledge in Naâma province, Algeria. The survey was carried out between 2018 and 2020. The socio-demographic data and the use of medicinal species were recorded and collected randomly from 84 indigenous people using pre-prepared questionnaire. The result was evaluated using quantitative indices. A total of 27 medicinal plant species belonging to 21 genera used in the community were mostly recorded. The most represented families were Lamiaceae and Asteraceae (12 species for each of them). The aerial parts were the most frequently used plant part (73 %), while a decoction (34 %), and infusion (31 %) were the major modes of remedy preparation. The species with high UV were Rosmarinus officinalis L. (0.80), Artemisia herba-alba Asso (0.76), and Juniperus phoenicea L. subsp. phoenicea (0.75). Species with highest FL were: Ephedra alata subsp. alenda (Stapf) Trab (100 %), Teucrium polium L. (60 %), and Ballota hirsuta Benth (57.14.5 %). Atractylis caespitosa Desf and Nepeta nepetella subsp.amethystina (Poir.) Briq were newly cited as medicinal plants and have not been recorded previously in Algeria. Artemisia herba-alba Asso and Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut were reported to treat COVID-19 symptoms. The results obtained indicate the richness of the area with medicinal plants as well as knowledge of alternative medicine. The most cited plants could be contained molecules that can be tested for therapeutic uses.

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Ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal analysis of wild medicinal plants traditionally used in Naâma, southwest Algeria

Bouafia

Amamou

Gherib³

et al. 2021

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“…Islamic medicine was grounded in the work of Hippocrates, Galen and other Greek physicians, along with important Persian, Indian and Chinese medical texts. 56 Greek, Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine are found within a continuous geographical area, throughout which there has been much cultural difusion. hese medical systems share some major theoretical similarities, particularly concepts that relate to balancing various luids/energies/humours in the body to maintain health.…”

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