Encyclopedia of Islamic herbal medicine

By John A. Morrow

Subjects: English, Islam, Phytotherapy, Herbs, Materia Medica, Arab Medicine, Botany, medical, Medicinal Plants, Therapeutic use, Vegetable Materia medica, Encyclopedias, Unani Medicine

Description: "Combining classical Arabic primary sources with an exhaustive survey of modern scientific studies, this encyclopedia features a multidisciplinary approach which should prove useful for both practitioners and followers of herbal medicine. Entries include each herb's botanical and alternate names, a summary of its 'prophetic prescription,' its properties and uses, and a guide to related contemporary scientific studies"--