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09-Sep-2020

This work, based mainly on ethnobotany, contributes to the knowledge of the Moroccan pharmacopoeia concerning the treatment of urinary system diseases. Our approach, both synchronic and diachronic, seeks to highlight the historical anchoring of current traditional medical practices through a comparative study of recipes of the Moroccan traditional pharmacopoeia for urinary diseases and Arabic medical reference texts. I strive to show the persistence of historical medical knowledge in traditional medical practices, posing, in this sense, the fundamental question of the legitimacy of the presumed epistemological break between traditional medical knowledge and scholarly discourse.

Key words: Arabic historical medical knowledge, Ethnobotany, Moroccan pharmacopoeia, Urinary diseases Morocco.