Medicinal plants are increasingly utilized for treating various human ailments and disease worldwide. This has been stimulated by several factors including the notion that plant remedies are safer and sometimes more effective than synthetic drugs. There has been also a worldwide growing interest to study medicinal plants for use in treating various diseases. Palestine , including the West Bank, is unique and diverse in its geographical location and its cultural characteristics, including traditional Arab Palestine medicine especially herbal medicine and the use of medicinal materials for curing illnesses. This study was therefore, partly, aimed at studying the current status of the Palestine herbal medicine in Tulkarm,determing if medicinal plants still use, The urgent need for the current study was felt because of the scarcity of the ethnobotanic data on Palestinian communities ,the primary health care importance at the household level ,economivalue,conservation status ,and their healing potentials. The ethnobotanical study was carried out in Tulkarm city in March month 2010 by using questionnaires showing a slow decrease in the use of medicinal plants and the concern for their disappearance. The following plants were the most commonly used medicinal plants in Tulkarm for any medicinal uses:
Peppermint, Golden Cotulla, Anise, Cinnamon Tree, Thyme, Nigella,Black Cumin, Caraway and White Sage.
