Characteristics of selected medicinal plants from Iraq
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https://doi.org/10.12775/HERB.2021.004Keywords
herbal medicine, medicinal plants, Iraq, treatment for medicinal plantsAbstract
The paper describes the most important plants widely used in Iraq for medicinal purposes. The descriptive method was used based on the literature data. Studies have shown that many medicinal plants used in Iraq and belonging to different botanical families have been used to treat various diseases in traditional medicine. This paper presents the 10 most important plants belonging to 9 botanical families that were and are still used and used as medicinal plants. Most native plants still require detailed studies that may provide a lot of interesting data. Knowledge of traditional
knowledge and medicinal plants can play a key role in the exploitation and discovery of Iraq’s natural plant resources.
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