Herbal Medicine
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Recipe for uncovering the bioactive components in herbal medicine.

30 Aug 2009 Using whole chromatographic profiles and measurements of total bioactivity as input, a quantitative pattern-activity relationship (QPAR) approach is proposed as a general method for providing two pieces of crucial information about complex bioactive ... Read more...

Routes to government TB treatment: private providers, family support, and the process of TB treatment seeking among Ugandan women.

30 Aug 2009 Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major source of morbidity and mortality in Uganda. This cross-sectional study explores Ugandan women's TB treatment-seeking processes to determine the routes to effective government TB treatment among a sample of urban, ... Read more...

Active compounds and atoms of society: plants, bodies, minds and cultures in the work of Kenyan ethnobotanical knowledge.

30 Jul 2009 This paper examines a sequence of investigations in parasitology, botany, pharmacology, psychometrics and ethnopsychology focused on Kenyan village children's knowledge of medicinal herbs. We follow this work of making and ordering of knowledge, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Herbal Medicine'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Herbal toxicity. 29 Sep 2009
• Toxicity issues surrounding herbal use internationally and the U.S. Foreword. 29 Sep 2009
• Recipe for uncovering the bioactive components in herbal medicine. 30 Aug 2009
• Routes to government TB treatment: private providers, family support, and the process of TB treatment seeking among Ugandan women. 30 Aug 2009
• Nonpharmacologic treatment of dyslipidemia. 30 Aug 2009
• Active compounds and atoms of society: plants, bodies, minds and cultures in the work of Kenyan ethnobotanical knowledge. 30 Jul 2009
• The clinical investigation of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) schrad fruit in treatment of Type II diabetic patients: a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. 30 Jul 2009
• A systematic review of the efficacy and safety of herbal medicines used in the treatment of obesity. 5 Jul 2009
• Potentially blinding herbal eye remedies: Cestrum nocturnum or lady of the night. 29 Jun 2009
• Protection afforded by a herbal medicine, Sho-seiryu-to (TJ-19), against oleic acid-induced acute lung injury in guinea-pigs. 29 Jun 2009
• In vitro inhibition of CYP3A4 by herbal remedies frequently used by cancer patients. 29 Jun 2009
• Therapeutic advantages of medicinal herbs fermented with Lactobacillus plantarum, in topical application and its activities on atopic dermatitis. 29 Jun 2009
• A systematic review on the effectiveness of willow bark for musculoskeletal pain. 29 Jun 2009
• [Medicinal herbs in ophthalmology in the herbal book of Leonhart Fuchs] 6 Jun 2009
• Headache prevention with complementary and alternative medicine. 30 May 2009
• [Advances in herbal volatile oil and aromatic herbs] 30 May 2009
• [Patented technology status quo and development trend for Chinese herbal medicines] 30 May 2009
• Therapy: Herbals and supplements for rheumatic diseases. 30 May 2009
• Herbal medicines in the management of urolithiasis: alternative or complementary? 12 May 2009
• Andrographolide could inhibit human colorectal carcinoma Lovo cells migration and invasion via down-regulation of MMP-7 expression. 4 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Herbal Medicine'

Definition: The study of medicines derived from botanical sources.

Descriptor UI: D029001

Alternative terms: Herbal Medicine; Medicine, Herbal; Herbalism;

Related Mesh Headings: Phytotherapy; Plants, Medicinal;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H01.158.273.118.598.500; H01.158.703.060.500; H02.628.190;

History Note: 2002

Technical Notes: specialty only; do not confuse with PHYTOTHERAPY