{"product_id":"an-ancient-mesopotamian-herbal-9781842467985","title":"An Ancient Mesopotamian Herbal","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking reassessment of existing research and new data on traditional botanical medicine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Traditional medical systems continue to impact the lives of people around the globe. These systems vary greatly in their underlying beliefs, but all commonly rely on the consumption of plant matter as a central practice. \u003ci\u003eAn Ancient Mesopotamian Herbal\u003c\/i\u003e is a new, fully illustrated book that explores the uses of plants in traditional medicine and how these botanical roots extend to modern, \"conventional\" medicinal treatments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Divided into two parts, \u003ci\u003eAn Ancient Mesopotamian Herbal \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces the lands and ancient cultures of Mesopotamia before surveying the different forms of evidence and research methods informing this academic book. The book then looks to the modern day, focusing on thirty case studies of plant-based drugs. Bridging the divide between the humanities and sciences and using new research and data from modern-day Iraq and surrounding areas, \u003ci\u003eAn Ancient Mesopotamian Herbal\u003c\/i\u003e draws on the expertise of archeo-botanists, scientists, and Assyriologists specializing in historic Mesopotamian medicine to provide new identifications of Assyrian and Babylonian herbal medicines while giving a concise overview of ancient Mesopotamian herbal lore. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Boeck\u003c\/b\u003e is part of the Spanish National Research Council and has published multiple research papers on the medicinal uses of plants. \u003cb\u003eShahina A. Ghazanfar \u003c\/b\u003eis a senior botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the author of multiple books, including \u003ci\u003ePlants of the Qur'an\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. \u003cb\u003eMark Nesbitt \u003c\/b\u003eis an ethnobotanist and curator of the Economic Botany Collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Royal Botanic Gardens Kew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51199511626002,"sku":"9781842467985","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b8e92457-32f4-4a49-a2f2-c98c9772e4ee.jpg?v=1744879397","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-ancient-mesopotamian-herbal-9781842467985","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}