Traditional Arabic and Islamic medicine, a re-emerging health aid

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-424

  Azaizeh, Hassan ^a,b   Saad, Bashar ^a,b,c   Cooper, Edwin ^d   Said, Omar ^a,e  

^a Galilee Society R and D Center   (Israel)

^b Al Qasemi Academic College   (Israel)

^c ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Antaki Center for Herbal Medicine Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab herbal medicine; efficacy; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; SALOGRAVIOLIDE A; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPSY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GREECE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALING; HEALTH CARE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOME; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERTILITY; INHERITANCE; ITALY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PERCEPTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATICS; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 77955002878     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen039     Document Type: Article

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