Document Type : Original Article
Author
Pharmaceutical Science, Al-Balqaa Applied University, Jordan"
Abstract
This study evaluates the traditional use of 16 sixteen wild medicinal plants and spices act as a complementary and alternative medicine used by patients in south Jordan "Al-Karak region".
These plants, which frequently prescribed by the Herbalist "Attarin" are:
Peganum harmala, Portulaca oleracea portulacaceaee, Ricinus communis, Matricaria aurea compositae, Pimpinella anisum Umbelliferae, Nigella sativa, cinnamomum zeylanicum lauracea, Foeniculum vulgare, Rosmarinus officinalis labiatae, Hibiscus sabdariffa, cuminum cyminum,,Zingiber officinale, Artemisia vulgaris, Thymus vulgaris, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Crocus sativus.
These plants are studied for their claimed properties in healing diseases in Gastrointestinal, immune, Respiratory, cardiovascular, dermal, genitourinary, memory difficulties, nervous systems and others
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