(1) Ayurveda: introduction for pharmacists
(2) African medicine: tradition and beliefs
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(3) Traditional
Chinese herbal medicine
(4) Systems of traditional medicine from South and South East
Asia
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Ayurveda: introduction for pharmacists
In this article, the first in a series on traditional medicine,
Elizabeth Williamson introduces the principles of Ayurveda. She
summarises some of the more important ayurvedic remedies and
discusses safety issues, including possible interactions with
conventional medicines
PDF (110K)
Pharmaceutical Journal 2006;276:108-110 (28 January 2006)
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African medicine: tradition and beliefs
Reports of killings to obtain body parts for “muti” (the
Zulu word for medicine) brought African beliefs into the spotlight,
including practices to do with healing. Indeed, many African healers
use herbs that have been used to obtain drugs for Western medicine.
In this article, the second in a series on traditional systems
of medicine, David Okpako gives his interpretation of traditional African medicine
PDF (60K)
Pharmaceutical Journal 2006;276:239-240 (25 February 2006)
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Traditional Chinese herbal medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine is one of the most popular complementary
health care choices in the UK. In a third article in a series
on traditional systems of medicine, Lida Teng, Debbie Shaw and
Joanne Barnes give an overview of the theories involved and discuss
safety issues
PDF (70K)
Pharmaceutical Journal 2006;276:361-363 (25 March 2006)
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Systems of traditional medicine from South and South East Asia
In this article, Elizabeth Williamson completes our series on traditional
medicines with a look at Siddha, Unani and Jamu
PDF (60K)
Pharmaceutical Journal 2006;276:539-540 (6 May 2006)
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