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Table 1 Lists of materia medica compiled among Israeli ethnic groups and minorities

From: Ethno-diversity within current ethno-pharmacology as part of Israeli traditional medicine – A review

Ethic Group

Plants

Animals

Inorganic

Total

Reference

Yemenite Jews

151

21

10

182

[18]

Iranian Jews

65

3

2

70

[21]

Iraqi Jews

150

16

15

181

[20]

Bedouins

193

42

15

250

[17]

  1. • The data were gathered from diverse sources on different academic levels of research.
  2. • The only group whose members still live an active life in the wild are the Bedouins, so the lists of plants and animals recorded as used in their medicine are larger than in other groups.
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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