Traditional treatment of high blood pressure and diabetes in Souk Ahras district

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-20

  Amel, Bouzabata ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ethnobotanical; Hypertension; Traditional medicines

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AJUGA; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; GARLIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRTLE; OLIVE TREE; ONION; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSEMARY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRADITIONAL HEALER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84873536733     PISSN: 21412502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/JPP11.065     Document Type: Article

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