Herbal medicine in Jordan with special emphasis on less commonly used medicinal herbs

The use of herbal medicine in Jordan is very common. In order to evaluate t he knowledge and the attitudes of the herbalists and acquire the common and less common medicinal herbs sold by the Jordanian herbalists, more than 10 0 herbalists throughout the country were interviewed and data concerning he rbs present in their shops, the herbalists' recommendations and other obser vations were collected. The present paper reports on the less common herbs and problems observed dealing with them. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.