PHAR 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Alternative Medicine, Botulinum Toxin, Digoxin
11 Nov 2016
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State the reasons for the public to use herbal medicines. List the value of plants for obtaining pharmaceuticals. List the problems associated with manufacture, sale and use of herbal medicines. List the properties of valerian, comfrey, devils claw, echinacea, aloe, ginseng and st. Johns wort in terms of efficacy, purpose and toxicity. Practice of medicine prior to the 1940s depended on a large number of natural products. In the 1950s purified natural products emerged lead to the development of synthetic drugs. Herbal medicines are more widely used in europe than in north america. 40% of practicing physicians in europe prescribe plant-derived pharmaceuticals or herbal medicines. In 2004 canada introduced new regulations that should better the regulation of herbal products to ensure the efficacy and safety of these products. Two-thirds of the worlds population is reported to rely on herbal products.
