Fu. Afifi et B. Abu-irmaileh, Herbal medicine in Jordan with special emphasis on less commonly used medicinal herbs, J ETHNOPHAR, 72(1-2), 2000, pp. 101-110
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.