Chapter Number:
4
Pages From:
31
To:
39
Book Title:
Botanical medicine in clinical practice
Publisher:
CAB International
Date:
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Abstract:
Despite the great progress in modern medicine, traditional medicine has always
been practised in the Arab-Islamic world. Cultural beliefs and practices often lead to self-
care or home remedies in rural areas and consultation with traditional healers. Traditional
therapies have been utilized by people in the Mediterranean region who have faith in
spiritual healers, homeopaths or even many herbalists. These are the first choice for
problems such as infertility, impotence, diabetes, obesity, epilepsy, psychosomatic ...