Use of herbal medicines during pregnancy in a group of Palestinian women

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-84

  Al Ramahi, Rowa ^a   Jaradat, Nidal ^a   Adawi, Deema ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Herbal medicines; Palestine; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANISE; ARAB; ARTICLE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATE (FRUIT); DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HEARTBURN; HEMORRHOID; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATRICARIA; PHARYNGITIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; STOMACH PAIN; THORAX PAIN; THYME; ULCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

MATRICARIA RECUTITA; MYRRHIS ODORATA; PIMPINELLA ANISUM; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

HERBAL MEDICINES; PALESTINE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANGIOSPERMS; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885420112     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.07.041     Document Type: Article

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