Author: Mohamed El Sayed Heikal Publisher: Maktabat Al-Ma'arif Edition Date: 1988 Number of Pages: 514 Book Age: 38 Used If the joy of enjoying health and the bitterness of feeling illness and its severity are among the reasons for returning to the use of effective herbal treatment. Despite this, there is an economic necessity that necessitates the production of such types of plants throughout the entire Arab world, as they are strategic commodities used as leverage in times of war and crises. Therefore, it was necessary to have a special kind of cooperation between botanical taxonomists and pharmacologists in the Arab world to inventory the wealth of this precious nation of plants. And if we know that most of the medicinal and aromatic plants known to us now, chemically and therapeutically, were initially found scattered in deserts, wastelands, and along watercourses as wild weeds, it is easy to subject them to intensive (regular) cultivation systems so that humans can embrace them with their care and give them their full attention and care, to obtain a satisfactory monetary return from their cultivation, and at the same time extract the chemical compounds from which drugs are made, or use them in their original form as humans first tried them. From here, our interest was to produce a book in which the farmer and the student of science and knowledge can find their desired goal for further progress and advancement in a branch of science in which we were once pioneers. Defining a medicinal plant as "anything of plant origin used medicinally is a medicinal plant." A medicinal plant is defined as a plant that contains a medicinal substance or substances capable of treating a specific disease, reducing its incidence, or containing the raw materials used in the preparation of medicinal substances. An aromatic plant is any plant that contains an aromatic oil "volatile oil" in a part of it used in the preparation of perfumes. There are also plants that contain aromatic oils and are used to treat some diseases, and these are called medicinal and aromatic plants. The fields in which medicinal and aromatic plants can be used are numerous, as they are used in the preparation of some medicines, such as medicines for relieving joint pain, rheumatic inflammation, high blood pressure, and hardening of the arteries, and as antiseptics. They are used in the production of fixed oils, as the seeds of some of these plants contain fixed oils that are incorporated into some medicinal preparations. As well as preparing foods for treating atherosclerosis and angina pectoris, such as jojoba seed oil, sunflower, flaxseed, and castor oil. They are also used in the preparation of cosmetic products such as powders, hair creams, and soaps, and are used in the fragrance and perfume industry, including roses and jasmine. They are useful in the manufacture of insecticides, which depend on the poisonous substances found in medicinal and aromatic plants, whether for insects or fungi, such as these plants (pyrethrum, derris, henna, and tobacco). They are also used as spices, seasonings, beverages, or flavor enhancers.