Medicinal Plants
Despite the influence of modern medicine, traditional herbal medicine has always been practiced in the Arab-Islamic world, rooted in ancient Arabic-Islamic medicine. In the Middle Ages, Arab herbalists, pharmacologists, chemists, and physicians adapted the ancient medicinal practices of Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Persia, and India. Medical innovations introduced by Arab physicians included: the discovery of the immune system, the introduction of microbiological science, and the separation of medicine from pharmacological science.