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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hehmeyer, Ingrid, Schönig, Hannelore, Regourd, Anne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Colección:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 96.
Temas:
Herbs > Therapeutic use > Yemen (Republic)
Traditional medicine > Yemen (Republic)
Medicinal plants > Yemen (Republic)
Materia medica, Vegetable > Yemen (Republic)
Medicine, Arab.
Medicine, Arabic
Herbes > Emploi en thérapeutique > Yémen.
Plantes médicinales > Yémen.
Phytothérapie > Yémen.
Médecine arabe.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Herbal Medications.
Herbs > Therapeutic use.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Medicinal plants.
Traditional medicine.
Yemen (Republic)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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