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A preliminary classification of the healing potential of medicinal plants, based on a rational analysis of an ethnopharmacological field survey among Bedouins in the Negev Desert, Israel
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It is found that the bark of Phagnalon rupestre is widely used to induce deliberate burns for the healing of various ailments, while infusion of the shoots of Teucrium polium, or of Artemisia herba-alba is employed to a lesser degree to relieve stomach disorders.About:
This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 1986-06-01. It has received 636 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Stomach disorder.read more
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Medicinal plants in Mexico: healers' consensus and cultural importance.
TL;DR: The use of medicinal plants in four indigenous groups of Mexican Indians, Maya, Nahua, Zapotec and - for comparative purposes - Mixe is examined, indicating that there exist well-defined criteria specific for each culture which lead to the selection of a plant as a medicine.
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The useful plants of Tambopata, Peru: I. Statistical hypotheses tests with a new quantitative technique
TL;DR: In this article, the importance of over 600 species of woody plants to non-indigenous mestizo people in Tambopata, Amazonian Peru has been evaluated.
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Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal herbs in Israel, the Golan Heights and the West Bank region.
TL;DR: An extensive ethnopharmacological survey was conducted among the most well known Arabic indigenous herbal practitioners in Israel, the Golan Heights and the West Bank in order to evaluate the potential of local plants used in treating different diseases and illnesses.
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Traditional Medicines in Africa: An Appraisal of Ten Potent African Medicinal Plants
TL;DR: An updated overview of 10 promising medicinal plants from the African biodiversity which have short- as well as long-term potential to be developed as future phytopharmaceuticals to treat and/or manage panoply of infectious and chronic conditions is provided.
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Medicinal plants of the Meinit ethnic group of Ethiopia: an ethnobotanical study.
TL;DR: Acculturation of the young generation has been found to be the major treat to the continuation of traditional medical knowledge and practice in the study area and efforts should be made to incorporate traditional medicine in school curricula so that younger people could appreciate its usefulness.
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Useful Plants And Drugs Of Iran And Iraq
TL;DR: Useful plants and drugs of iran and iraq , Useful plants anddrugs of irin and irq , کتابخانه دیجیتالی دانشگاه اشهید بهشتی.
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Bedouin plant utilization in Sinai and the Negev
Clinton Bailey,Avinoam Danin +1 more
TL;DR: The importance of desert plants in Bedouin life is discussed in this article, where the authors present a survey of 70 species of plants that are useful to Bedouins in one way or another.
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Documenting and evaluating herbal remedies
TL;DR: A framework for reporting the major factors of herbal medicine safety and efficacy requires the recording of the variables that can influence the therapeutic outcome.