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

• TeilnehmendeR: Hehmeyer, Ingrid.; Regourd, Anne.; Schönig, Hannelore.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic history and civilization, v. 96; Islamic History and Civilization 96.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

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.

Table of 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.