Abstract：
:The use of herbal medicine in Jordan is very common. In order to evaluate the knowledge and the attitudes of the herbalists and acquire the common and less common medicinal herbs sold by the Jordanian herbalists, more than 100 herbalists throughout the country were interviewed and data concerning herbs present in their shops, the herbalists' recommendations and other observations were collected. The present paper reports on the less common herbs and problems observed dealing with them.
journal_name
J Ethnopharmacoljournal_title
Journal of ethnopharmacologyauthors
Afifi FU,Abu-Irmaileh Bdoi
10.1016/s0378-8741(00)00215-4keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2000-09-01 00:00:00pages
101-10issue
1-2eissn
0378-8741issn
1872-7573pii
S0378-8741(00)00215-4journal_volume
72pub_type
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