Chapter Number
10
Authors
Bashar Saad
Omar Said
Pages From

253
Pages To
271
Book Title
Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine: Traditional System, Ethics, Safety, Efficacy, and Regulatory Issues
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Edition
1
Abstract

Arab and Islamic medicine is widely used in most Arab and Islamic world that forms about
one-fifth of the world's population (about 1.4–1.5 billion people). The Arab and Muslim world
refers in geopolitical sense to Muslim majority countries or countries in which Islam
dominates politically (Tables 10.1 and 10.2). This community is spread across many different
nations and ethnic groups connected only by religion (Figure 10.1). Medicine in general is
considered to be one of the most illustrious and best-known facets of Arab–Islamic ...