“A Herbal of Iraq” provides brief description of 50 plants used in that country’s ethnobotanical medicine. Shahina A. Ghazanfar, editor of “Plants of the Qur’ān”, is co-editor along with Chris J. Thorogood and Rana Ibrahim.
Written in both English and Arabic, this book is based on the research and practices of Abdul Jaleel Ibrahim Al-Quragheely (1934-2009), an Iraqi herbalist who wrote extensively on the country’s flora and its uses. “My work has sought to raise awareness of the work of Arabic scholars on medicinal herbs, inspired by prophetic medicine and Islamic medicine, and their importance to humankind.”
Reviewed by: Brian Thompson on May 20, 2024
Excerpted from the Summer 2024 issue of the Arboretum Bulletin