The book “Folk medicine (Ethnobotany in Azerbaijan Region)” which was prepared by the employees of the Institute of Botany of ANAS and the Institute of Medicinal Plants of the Islamic Azad University of the Islamic Republic of Iran was published. The book printed by Prof. Dr. Sayyara Ibadullayeva, Head of the Laboratory of Ethnobotany, Doctor Ilhama Jafarli, Dr. Mohammad Zaefizaeh and pharmacist Seyed Shiva Asbagian Namin covers the methods of treatment on the basis of natural plant resources used by Azerbaijanians living in different regions of Azerbaijan and the north-western region of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

     In addition to collecting and analyzing ethnobotany experience created in the area of both countries for centuries, the book is intended for broad audiences by interpreting every experience and transmitting it to future generations, developing the principle of using in the form of biological struggle and delivering the achieved results to the world scientific community.

     Scientific editors of the book are academician Valida Alizade, Director of the Institute of Botany of ANAS and Dr. Eshagh Rasoul, Director of Islamic Azad University of the Islamic Republic of Iran.