Chapter Number
4
Authors
Bashar Saad
Hassan Azaizeh
Omar Said
Pages From

31
Pages To
39
Book Title
Botanical medicine in clinical practice
Publisher
CAB International
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 ...