Herbal Medicine in Yemen

Traditional Knowledge and Practice, and Their Value for Today's World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Traditional medicine in Yemen is largely plant-based. Fourteen scholars represent both humanities and natural sciences in studying herbal medicines and their multifaceted applications within traditional Yemeni society. Approaches are based on textual analysis, empirical research and laboratory experiment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 159mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9789004221505
• ISBN-10: 9004221506
• Artikelnr.: 35962455

Autorenporträt

Dr. Ingrid Hehmeyer, an Associate Professor of History of Science and Technology at Ryerson University, Toronto (Canada), received her Doctorate in Agriculture in 1988 and a Master of Science (equiv.) in Pharmacy in 1990, both from the University of Bonn. Anne Regourd, Ph.D. in Philosophy (1987), teaches at the University of Paris 4-Sorbonne, and is Associee at the CNRS. She published on Divinatory and Magic practices in Mediaeval Islam and contemporary Yemen (Religious Anthropology, History of Sciences) and in Arabic Philology. Dr. Hanne Schönig, Ph.D. (1984) in Oriental Languages and Islamic Studies, is a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Area Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. She has published on Yemeni material culture including Schminken, Düfte und Räucherwerk der Jemenitinnen (Ergon, 2002).