Medicinal plant increasinggly used for treating various human diseases .This has been stimnlated by notin that plant are safer and no side effect which have in drugs. The world has also been growing interst to study medicinal plants for use in treating various disease . Palestine including Nablus city is divers in its geographical location and its cultural characteristics ,including traditional Arab Palestinian medicine especially herbal medicine and the use of medicinal material for ends illness . This article presents asystematic review on traditional arab medicine including historical back ground , and aimed to studying the current statnt of Palestinian herbal medicine in Nablus city , it was also aimed documenting interviews with study population , in order to obtain information on plants used for the treatment of various diseases that faces women through pregnancy , child birth and post partum health care using pre-prepared questionnaires . The study population included more than 20 women selected from various region of the Nablus city . The following plants were the most commonly used in medicinal plants in Nablus city for women health care : Matricaria aurea , Cinnamomum Zeylanicum Blnne , Mentha longifolia (L) Hudson , Salvia Fruticosa mill . Add to that the study plant ,and source of medicinal plants and source of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants .
Key Word : Arab herbal medicine , women health care , medicinal plants , plants used during pregnancy
