title: Ethnobotanical knowledge of local Arab practitioners in the Middle Eastern region.
abstract: An ethnobotanical survey was conducted among 31 local Arab practitioners living in Galilee, Negev, Golan Heights and West Bank. Seeing that the Arabic traditional medicine is in danger of disappearing, a multilevel program is required, involving the training of local practitioners, an establishment of a regional medicinal plant botanical garden and a field gene bank for plant preservation.
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Regional Center (affiliated with Haifa University, Haifa, Israel), The Galilee Society, PO Box 437, Shefa-Amr 20200, Israel. hazaizeh@hotmail.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Azaizeh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fulder
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Said
mesh_terms: D019448:Ethnobotany; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008877:Middle East; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal