Persistence of Use Among Amazigh People of Medicinal Plants Documented by Ibn al-Baytar (Early 13th Century CE) DOI Creative Commons
Wendy L. Applequist

Plants, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(3), P. 342 - 342

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

The long-term stability of orally transmitted ethnopharmacopoeias is interest, but difficult to study for lack information on plants used by a specific past culture. Similarities between modern Italian and Dioscorides’ classical text have been proposed derive from replacement traditional practices with those published translations Dioscorides. Ibn al-Baytar produced the best compendium medicinal substances in medieval Islamic science. He gave “Berber” common names some plants, which were presumptively North African Amazigh people. Since knowledge was largely orally, little access literature, this allows comparison historic (>750 years ago) that are unlikely be causally derived. Presumptive identities al-Baytar’s Berber obtained key references. Recent ethnomedicinal publications Amazigh-populated areas Africa surveyed reports species homologous names. Of 46 historically an estimated 60.9% still regions, 78.6% This likely underestimate persistence use across entire local pharmacopoeia. Second, emulating analysis Dioscorides, reported three large recent studies regions compared recorded comprehensive Moroccan reference. Between 58.2% 73.8% included individual al-Baytar; shared among all three, 82.6% 100% An historical compilation may more mention widely today simply because thorough author could document most at time; such data assess causality should take effect into consideration.

Language: Английский

Persistence of Use Among Amazigh People of Medicinal Plants Documented by Ibn al-Baytar (Early 13th Century CE) DOI Creative Commons
Wendy L. Applequist

Plants, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(3), P. 342 - 342

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

The long-term stability of orally transmitted ethnopharmacopoeias is interest, but difficult to study for lack information on plants used by a specific past culture. Similarities between modern Italian and Dioscorides’ classical text have been proposed derive from replacement traditional practices with those published translations Dioscorides. Ibn al-Baytar produced the best compendium medicinal substances in medieval Islamic science. He gave “Berber” common names some plants, which were presumptively North African Amazigh people. Since knowledge was largely orally, little access literature, this allows comparison historic (>750 years ago) that are unlikely be causally derived. Presumptive identities al-Baytar’s Berber obtained key references. Recent ethnomedicinal publications Amazigh-populated areas Africa surveyed reports species homologous names. Of 46 historically an estimated 60.9% still regions, 78.6% This likely underestimate persistence use across entire local pharmacopoeia. Second, emulating analysis Dioscorides, reported three large recent studies regions compared recorded comprehensive Moroccan reference. Between 58.2% 73.8% included individual al-Baytar; shared among all three, 82.6% 100% An historical compilation may more mention widely today simply because thorough author could document most at time; such data assess causality should take effect into consideration.

Language: Английский

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