Table of Contents

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1. An Overview of Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine.

2. History of Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine.

3. Herbal Medicine.

4. The Arab-Islamic Roots of Western Medicine.

5. Contributions of Arab and Islamic Scholars to Modern Pharmacology.

6. Natural Drugs in Greco-Arabic and Islamic Medicine.

7. Method of Therapy in Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine.

8. Commonly Used Herbal Medicines in the Mediterranean.

9. The Current State of Knowledge of Arab Herbal Medicine.

10. Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine Practiced Outside the Middle East.

11. Biosafety of Herbal Medicine.

12. Arab Medicinal Plants: From Traditional Uses to Scientific Knowledge.

13. Modern In Vitro Test Systems.

14. Modern In Vivo Evaluations and Clinical Trials.

15. Medical Ethics in Arab and Islamic Medicine.

16. Medicinal Herbs and Extracting Their Active Ingredients.

17. Food Therapy.

18. Drug Development from Herbal Sources.

19. Herbal Remedies: Use and Demographic and Regulatory Issues.

Appendix A: Plant Naming.

Index.

About the Author

Bashar Saad, PhD, is Professor of Cell Biology andImmunology at the Arab American University-Jenin, Palestine, andDirector of the Qasemi Research Center at Al-Qasemi AcademicCollege, Baqa Algharbiya, Israel. He made a significantcontribution in combining cell biology, immunology, and 3D cellculture techniques with Arab-Islamic herbal wisdom. His researchinterests include anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties ofmedicinal plants. He has written more than fifty original papers aswell as review articles and book chapters on Arab-Islamic herbalmedicine. Omar Said, PhD, is Director of the Antaki Center forHerbal Medicine, Israel and serves as the head of the Arabmedicinal plant project in the Galilee Society R&D regionalcenter, Israel. He is a doctor of pharmacology. As an expert in thefields of pharmacology and ethnopharmacology, he has madesignificant contributions in combining this modern science with themedicinal plants tradition. His research interests includediabetes, obesity, fertility, psoriasis, acne, hyperlipidemia, andliver diseases. He has written more than thirty-five originalpapers as well as review articles and book chapters on Arab-Islamicherbal medicine.

Reviews

The formula adopted in Greco-Arab and Islamic HerbalMedicine makes it appealing to a broad spectrum of readers on bothregional and global levels. (HerbalGram, 1February 2013)