Title: Encyclopedia of Islamic herbal 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"--
Subjects: Herbs, Vegetable Materia medica, Encyclopedias, Arab Medicine, Therapeutic use, Islam, Phytotherapy, Medicinal Plants, English, Unani Medicine, Materia Medica, Botany, medical