Author
JA. del Villar Ruiz de la Torre / E. Melo Herráiz
Dr.Antonio Esteve Foundation
TORRE ESTEVEPasseig de la Zona Franca, 109
08038 Barcelona
Tel:
93 433 53 20
E-mail:
fundacion@esteve.org
Author
JA. del Villar Ruiz de la Torre / E. Melo Herráiz
Year of publication
2010
The phenomenon of immigration has presented a challenge for health professionals, not only regarding communication problems, but also in relation to the traditional customs for the treatment of diseases prevalent in the countries of origin. A large percentage of immigrants to Spain come from the Maghreb, where the use of medicinal plants in folk medicine is common practice.
In the consultation, patients do not usually mention the consumption of these alternative remedies, either because they are considered innocuous or because they are hesitant to do so. Doctors, meanwhile, often fail to ask from lack of habit and because until now there has not been a verifiable source that outlines the proven characteristics of these types of natural therapies.
For this reason, the Esteve Foundation has published a Guide to the medicinal plants of the Maghreb, a book that not only lists the main medicinal plants in the popular culture of the Maghreb and their active principles, but also identifies each of these plant drugs with their different names, their equivalents in standard Arabic and Berber and their common names translated into the four official languages of Spain. All this has been done so that doctors can accurately identify the traditional remedy and assess whether the patient should or stop or continue with the natural treatment while taking into account possible adverse effects.
The guide contains 25 colour images of the most common medicinal plants used in the Maghreb, each containing a description, side effects, contraindications and known interactions with conventional medications. Produced by José Alfonso del Villar Ruiz de la Torre and Esther Melo Herráiz, this volume is one of the few scientifically verified publications that presents a reasoned critique of these popular remedies.
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Entire document | JA. del Villar Ruiz de la Torre / E. Melo Herráiz | [wpdm id=488 type=”btn”] |
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Cronología de la elaboración de este trabajo y agradecimientos | JA. del Villar / E. Melo | [wpdm id=523 type=”btn”] |
Autores y colaboradores | [wpdm id=489 type=”btn”] | |
Introducción | JA. del Villar / E. Melo | [wpdm id=490 type=”btn”] |
Planteamiento de trabajo | JA. del Villar / E. Melo | [wpdm id=491 type=”btn”] |
Tabla de localización interlingüística y botánica de plantas medicinales magrebíes | [wpdm id=492 type=”btn”] | |
1. Acacia | [wpdm id=493 type=”btn”] | |
2. Ajenuz, grano negro | [wpdm id=494 type=”btn”] | |
3. Alcaparro | [wpdm id=495 type=”btn”] | |
4. Alcaravea | [wpdm id=496 type=”btn”] | |
5. Anís estrellado (badiana) | [wpdm id=497 type=”btn”] | |
6. Anís verde | [wpdm id=498 type=”btn”] | |
7. Berro | [wpdm id=499 type=”btn”] | |
8. Cebada | [wpdm id=500 type=”btn”] | |
9. Cúrcuma o Azafrán de la India | [wpdm id=501 type=”btn”] | |
10. Enebro | [wpdm id=502 type=”btn”] | |
11. Espliego | [wpdm id=503 type=”btn”] | |
12. Fenogreco | [wpdm id=504 type=”btn”] | |
13. Granado | [wpdm id=505 type=”btn”] | |
14. Jengibre | [wpdm id=506 type=”btn”] | |
15. Laurel | [wpdm id=507 type=”btn”] | |
16. Lino | [wpdm id=508 type=”btn”] | |
17. Nogal | [wpdm id=509 type=”btn”] | |
18. Nuez moscada y macis | [wpdm id=510 type=”btn”] | |
19. Orégano | [wpdm id=511 type=”btn”] | |
20. Pimienta | [wpdm id=512 type=”btn”] | |
21. Poleo | [wpdm id=513 type=”btn”] | |
22. Romero | [wpdm id=514 type=”btn”] | |
23. Rosa | [wpdm id=515 type=”btn”] | |
24. Terebinto | [wpdm id=516 type=”btn”] | |
25. Zumaque | [wpdm id=517 type=”btn”] | |
Comentarios finales | [wpdm id=518 type=”btn”] | |
Bibliografía general y procedencia de las ilustraciones | [wpdm id=519 type=”btn”] | |
Índice alfabético de los nombres botánicos y comunes de los remedios citados | [wpdm id=520 type=”btn”] | |
Formulario de cuestiones en árabe, amazigh y español para facilitar la anamnesis del paciente magrebí | [wpdm id=521 type=”btn”] | |
Glosario de términos botánicos, farmacognósticos, farmacológicos, farmacéuticos y terapéuticos | [wpdm id=522 type=”btn”] |