Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in northern Israel

Dafni, Amots; Yaniv, Zohara; Palevitch, D.

doi:10.1016/0378-8741(84)90017-5

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“…The Druze of the Golan Heights, Mount Carmel, and Galilee, as well as the Bedouins and the Arab Muslims and Christians of the Galilee, mainly use common wild plants such as knee-holly ( Ruscus aculeatus L.), laurel ( Laurus nobilis L.), lemon balm ( Melissa officinalis L.), rue ( Ruta chalepensis L.), sage ( Salvia fruticosa L.), and wild majoram ( Origanum syriacum L.) [11,12,15]. These are wholly different from the desert plants that are used regularly by the Bedouins of the Negev and the Judean Desert, such as ben tree ( Moringa peregrina L.), Syrian rue ( Peganum harmala L.), toothbrush tree ( Salvadora persica L.), Judean wormwood ( Artemisia judaica L.), and white wormwood ( Artemisia herba-alba Asso.)…”

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“…These are wholly different from the desert plants that are used regularly by the Bedouins of the Negev and the Judean Desert, such as ben tree ( Moringa peregrina L.), Syrian rue ( Peganum harmala L.), toothbrush tree ( Salvadora persica L.), Judean wormwood ( Artemisia judaica L.), and white wormwood ( Artemisia herba-alba Asso.) [11,13,17]. A few plants that grow all over the country are used by all religious and ethnic groups in northern as well as southern Israel and the Middle East; two examples are the castor oil plant ( Ricinus communis L.) and Christ thorn ( Ziziphus spina-christi Willd.)…”

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“…Most of the Bedouin tribes' ancestors reached Israel around the 7 th century CE. Today they live mainly in two centers: the Negev desert (85,000) and a much smaller center in the Galilee [11]. …”

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“…Prior to this field survey a few smaller-scale studies had been conducted over the years [14]. Several regional surveys have been published as well [11,15,16]. …”

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Ethno-diversity within current ethno-pharmacology as part of Israeli traditional medicine – A review

Lev

2006

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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The Holy Land has absorbed millions of immigrants in recent centuries: Jews from East and West, Druze, Circassians, Muslim and Christian Arabs. The land is unique and diverse in geographical location and ethnic groups, and also in its cultural characteristics, including traditional medicine and use of materia medica. However, these traditions have waned over the years. The young state of Israel adopted a "melting pot" approach to fashion Jews from all over the world into Israelis.The traditional medicine and materia medica of different ethnic groups (Yemenite, Iranian, and Iraqi Jews) are reviewed in this paper, as well as the ethno-botanical survey (first conducted in the 1980s, covering Bedouins, Druze, Circassians, and Muslim and Christian Arabs), and the matching ethno-pharmacological survey (conducted in the late 1990s) covering the medicines sold in stores.Present-day healers are usually not young and are believed to be the end of the chain of traditional medical knowledge. The ethno-diversity of Israel is becoming blurred; modernity prevails, and ethnic characteristics are fading. The characteristic lines of traditional medicine and materia medica have hardly lasted three generations.A salient former dividing line between ethnic groups, namely their use of different medicinal substances, paradoxically becomes a bridge for conservative users of all groups and religions. Shops selling these substances have become centers for "nostalgia" and preserving the oriental heritage, traditional medicine, and medicinal substances!

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Section: Mapping the Mosaic: A Cultural Numerical And Geographical mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Prior to this field survey a few smaller-scale studies had been conducted over the years [14]. Several regional surveys have been published as well [11,15,16]. …”

Section: Current Research Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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