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: Received: 17 September 2024 / Approved: 18 September 2024 / Online: 18 September 2024 (13:04:23 CEST)
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Jumaa Alsalahi, M. E. Cultivating Health: Advancing Medicinal Plant Management Strategies in Iraq. Preprints2024, 2024091416. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1416.v1
Jumaa Alsalahi, M. E. Cultivating Health: Advancing Medicinal Plant Management Strategies in Iraq. Preprints 2024, 2024091416. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1416.v1
Jumaa Alsalahi, M. E. Cultivating Health: Advancing Medicinal Plant Management Strategies in Iraq. Preprints2024, 2024091416. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1416.v1
APA Style
Jumaa Alsalahi, M. E. (2024). Cultivating Health: Advancing Medicinal Plant Management Strategies in Iraq. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1416.v1
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Jumaa Alsalahi, M. E. 2024 "Cultivating Health: Advancing Medicinal Plant Management Strategies in Iraq" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1416.v1
Abstract
From ancient Mesopotamia, medicinal plants have been important to human health. Their use in Iraq is traced back to early cuneiform tablets and relies on local flora for health advantages. Despite its rich history, Iraq confronts environmental deterioration, socio-political instability, and insufficient research resources that threaten plant sustainability.
Modern medicine employs Iraqi and worldwide plants. Illegal business and weak policies hinder resource management.
Medical plants, worldwide business, offer Iraq economic promise. Land and water management and value-added product development may boost the economy. The assessment recommends better market analysis and policymaking to promote sustainability and economic growth.
Traditional healers, academics, and governments must work together to conserve Iraq's medicinal plant history and improve health. Research and community engagement will preserve these resources by integrating traditional and modern science.
Keywords
Traditional Medicine; Mesopotamian Civilization; Biodiversity; Ethno botany; Environmental Challenges; Herbal Remedies; Plant Compounds; International Trade
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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