Herbal medicine in Yemen [electronic resource] : traditional knowledge and practice, and their value for today's world / edited by Ingrid Hehmeyer, Hanne Schönig ; with the collaboration of Anne Regourd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hehmeyer, Ingrid.

Regourd, Anne.

Schönig, Hannelore.

Series:

Islamic History and Civilization 96.

Islamic history and civilization, 0929-2403 ; v. 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herbs--Therapeutic use--Yemen (Republic).

Herbs.

Materia medica, Vegetable--Yemen (Republic).

Materia medica, Vegetable.

Medicinal plants--Yemen (Republic).

Medicinal plants.

Medicine, Arab.

Traditional medicine--Yemen (Republic).

Traditional medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditional medical lore along with its practitioners – druggists and healers – survives in Yemen today. Owing to the country's rich biodiversity, the main body of the medicines is plant-based. This book features fourteen scholars from Europe, North America and the Middle East (three of them from Yemen) who represent both humanities and natural sciences. They address the topic of herbal medicines and their multifaceted applications within traditional Yemeni society across boundaries of disciplines, such as Islamic studies, history, social anthropology, pharmacy and agriculture. The approaches are based on textual analysis, empirical research and laboratory experiment. Both historical and contemporary issues are covered. Contributors include: Mohammed Al-Duais, Jacques Fleurentin, Amin Al-Hakimi, Ingrid Hehmeyer, Gottfried Jetschke, Efraim Lev, Ulrike Lindequist, Miranda Morris, Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper, Frédéric Pelat, Mikhail Rodionov, Petra Schmidl, Daniel Martin Varisco and Anhar Ya’ni.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Sheikh A. Bawazir

Introduction / Hanne Schönig and Ingrid Hehmeyer

The Validity of Traditional Medicine as an Effective Tool in Issues of Human Health / Ingrid Hehmeyer

Eastern Mediterranean Pharmacology and India Trade as a Background for Yemeni Medieval Medicinal Plants / Efraim Lev

Magic and Medicine in a Thirteenth-century Treatise on the Science of the Stars / Petra G. Schmidl

Qāt and Traditional Healing in Yemen / Daniel Martin Varisco

The Aloe and the Frankincense Tree in Southern Arabia: Different Approaches to Their Use / Miranda Morris

Healing through Medicinal Plants: Old Yemenite Therapeutic Traditions and Their Application in Jerusalem Today / Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper

Honey, Coffee, and Tea in Cultural Practices of Hadramawt / Mikhail Rodionov

From Medicinal Plants of Yemen to Therapeutic Herbal Drugs / Jacques Fleurentin

The Miraculous Plant halqa (Cyphostemma digitatum): From Grandmother’s Kitchen in Yemen’s South-western Highlands to Modern Medicinal and Culinary Applications / Mohammed Al-Duais and Gottfried Jetschke

A Pharmacist’s View of the Potential Value to Modern Medicine of Plants and Fungi Used by Traditional Medicine in Yemen / Ulrike Lindequist

Health Issues in the Mountains of Yemen: Healing Practices as Part of Farmers’ Traditional Knowledge / Amin Al-Hakimi , Anhar Ya’ni and Frédéric Pelat

Indices / Ingrid Hehmeyer and Hanne Schönig.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-283-60205-9

9786613914507

90-04-23207-9

OCLC:

810931561

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004232075 DOI