J Ethnopharmacol. 1991 May-Jun; 33(1-2): 169-78.

Repertory, therapeutic indications, chemical analysis and cultural background of mineral drugs of Afghanistan.

Younos C, Martin J, Fleurentin J, Mazars G, Notter D, Mortier F, Pelt JM.

The traditional uses of minerals drugs and chemical products for medicine were studied in Afghanistan. Twelve medicinal drugs have been identified by chemical investigations and are presented in one table with the vernacular names (in Dari, Pasto and Kati); the origins and the therapeutical uses are listed in another table with their cultural background in pre-Islamic (Greek and Indian medicines) and Islamic pharmacopoeia (Afghano-Persian and Arabian medicines). Twenty-six other mineral drugs are also mentioned.