title: Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal herbs in Jordan, the Northern Badia region.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study sought to gather information from aboriginal Bedouins in North Badia region of Jordan about used medicinal herbs besides their folk uses.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data were collected from 40 practitioners who utilized medicinal plants and who were regarded as professional. Subsequently, the uses were compared with the reported ones in the literature. The informant consensus factor (Fic) and use value (UV) have been calculated to those herbs and the managed illnesses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The data of 73 species were collected; the vast majority of them are safe such as Achillea falcata, Tamarix aphylla and Teucrium polium. Treatment of inflammation and pain presented the major targeted use of these herbs. While, the herbs used for delivery and female problems were limited. This might be due to the culture conservations about the talk of feminine issues. Diseases of kidney, gastrointestinal and respiratory systems as well as diabetes depicted the largest Fic values. Artemisia herba-alba possessed the highest UV value among the studied herbs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
authors.forename: Muhammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alzweiri
authors.forename: Ali Al
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sarhan
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mansi
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hudaib
authors.forename: Talal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aburjai
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003625:Data Collection; D020834:Ethnopharmacology; D005260:Female; D005495:Folklore; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D008514:Medicine, Arabic; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D028321:Plant Preparations