Traditional uses of Iraqi medicinal plants (part 2)

As a result of accumulated experience from the past generations, today, all the world’s cultures have an extensive knowledge of herbal medicine. In recent years, ethno medicinal studies has received much attention as this brings to light the numerous little known and unknown medicinal virtues especially of plant origin which needs evaluation on modern scientific lines such as phytochemical analysis, pharmacological screening and clinical trials. This review was designed to highlight the traditional uses of medicinal plants.