Continuity and change in medicinal plant use: The example of monasteries on Cyprus and historical iatrosophia texts

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 202-214

  Lardos, Andreas ^a   Heinrich, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Ethnobotany; Historical texts; Mediterranean; Monastic medicine; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANISE OIL; BASIL EXTRACT; CERATONIA SILIQUA EXTRACT; CITRUS FRUIT EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS AZAROLUS EXTRACT; FIG EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GRAPEFRUIT EXTRACT; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA EXTRACT; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; ORIGANUM DUBIUM EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLANTAGO CORONOPUS EXTRACT; ROSA DAMASCENA EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SALVIA FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; SAMBUCUS NIGRA EXTRACT; THYMBRA CAPITATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA URENS EXTRACT;

ALOE VERA; ANISE; APPLE; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; BARLEY; BASIL; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARROT; CERATONIA SILIQUA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRATAEGUS AZAROLUS; CUCURBITA PEPO; CYPRUS; EAR DISEASE; ETHNOBOTANY; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; FIG; FLOWER; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAPE; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEMON; MATRICARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA SPICATA; MIGRAINE; MOUTH CAVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OLIVE TREE; ONION; ORIGANUM DUBIUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANTAGO CORONOPUS; ROSA DAMASCENA; ROSEMARY; SALVIA FRUTICOSA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWEET ORANGE; THYMBRA CAPITATA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; URTICA URENS;

CYPRUS; ETHNOBOTANY; HISTORICAL TEXTS; MEDITERRANEAN; MONASTIC MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIA MEDICA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION;

EID: 84885422897     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.08.026     Document Type: Article

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