Traditional medicine in syria: Folk medicine in aleppo governorate

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-84

  Alachkar, Amal ^a   Jaddouh, Ahmad ^a   Elsheikh, Muhammad Salem ^b   Bilia, Anna Rita ^b   Vincieri, Franco Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aleppo region; Common diseases; Medicinal plants; Northern Syria; Traditional arabic medicine (TAM)

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA SANTOLINA EXTRACT; ALCHEMILLA VULGARIS EXTRACT; ALHAGI MAURORUM EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALTHAEA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ALTHAEA ROSEA EXTRACT; AMMI MAJUS EXTRACT; ANCHUSA AZUREA EXTRACT; ANCHUSA ITALICA EXTRACT; APIUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; ARUM MACULATUM EXTRACT; AVENA SATIVA EXTRACT; CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; CENTAUREA CALCITRAPA EXTRACT; CERASUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; CICHORIUM INTYBUS EXTRACT; COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS EXTRACT; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS AZAROLUS EXTRACT; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; CUCURBITA MAXIMA EXTRACT; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PEPPER EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; ALCHEMILLA; ALCHEMILLA VULGARIS; ALHAGI MAURORUM; ALOE VERA; ALTHAEA; ALTHAEA ROSEA; ALTHEA OFFICINALIS; AMMI MAJUS; ANCHUSA AZUREA; ANCHUSA ITALICA; ANEMIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANOREXIA; APIALES; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ARUM; ARUM MACULATUM; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BORAGINACEAE; BRONCHITIS; CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CELERY; CENTAUREA; CHERRY; CHICORY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLCHICUM; COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE; COLOCYNTH; CONSTIPATION; CONVOLVULUS; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS; CORIANDER; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; COUGHING; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS AZAROLUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESEARCH; EDEMA; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEVER; GARLIC; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GOUT; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMPOTENCE; INFERTILITY; INSECT BITE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTATION; LEGUME; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OAT; ONION; PEPPER; PEPTIC ULCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SENNA; SKIN DISEASE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SQUASH; SUNBURN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND HEALING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE;

MEDICINE, ARABIC; SYRIA;

EID: 79953016633     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600119     Document Type: Article

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