Lebanon.
Lebanon, located on the eastern Mediterranean shore, presents
a climatic and ecological diversity that is unique to the region,
and the whole country is recognized as a centre of plant diversity.
For a long time the people of Lebanon and the surrounding
countries have been using local medicinal plants in treatment
of diseases. The Lebanese people can buy herbs in small stores
called Dabbous in which the herbalist suggests plants for a specific
disease without a prescription. The Dabbous stores are very
popular among the Lebanese people, because of the low cost medicinal
care they provide. Generally the plants are sold in markets;
the leaves are boiled as a tea for the relief of headaches, stomachaches,
abdominal pain, cancer, microbial infections, asthma,
coughs and other pulmonary and urinary disorders