Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants commonly used by local bedouins in the badia region of Jordan

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 921-925

  Nawash, Oraib ^a   Shudiefat, Mustafa ^a   Al Tabini, Raed ^a   Al Khalidi, Khalid ^a  

^a Royal Botanic Garden   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Badia; Ducrosia flabellifolia; Informant consensus factor (ICF); Jaundice; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA FRAGRANTISSIMA; ALKANNA; AMARANTHACEAE; ANABASIS SYRIACA; APIACEAE; ARAB; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTEMISIA JUDAICA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BERBERIDACEAE; BONGARDIA CHRYSOGONUM; BORAGINACEAE; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS LEUCOPHYLLA; CARNATION; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; COLCHICUM; COLOCYNTH; CONSENSUS; CUMIN; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DIANTHUS JUDAICUS; DIARRHEA; DUCROSIA FLABELLIFOLIA; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM; ECHINOPS POLYCERAS; ETHNOBOTANY; GARLIC; GERMANDER; GINGER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; INTERVIEW; JAUNDICE; JORDAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KNOWLEDGE; LAMIACEAE; LEONTODON LACINIATUS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALVA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MATRICARIA; MATRICARIA AUREA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PARONYCHIA ARGENTEA; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PEGANUM HARMALA; PHLOMIS; PHLOMIS BRACHYODON; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHEUM; RHEUM PALAESTINUM; RURAL AREA; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; TEUCRIUM CAPITATUM; THYMUS BOVEI; TOOTH PAIN; URTICA; URTICA PILULIFERA; VIDEORECORDING; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS; WILD PLANT; WOUND; ZINGIBER;

BADIA; DUCROSIA FLABELLIFOLIA; INFORMANT CONSENSUS FACTOR (ICF); JAUNDICE; MEDICINAL PLANTS;

ARABS; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; ARTEMISIA JUDAICA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM; RHEUM;

EID: 84880278697     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.05.044     Document Type: Article

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