PCL102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Drug Discovery, Ayurveda, Ancient Greek Medicine
3 Mar 2016
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Drug not just for physical remedies but for religious + spiritual healing. From then on started more discovery and testing, make large scale manufacturing plants instead of in small batches from plants. Many ethnic culture still retain own folk medicines. Traditional chinese med (tcm) originate at the time of emperor sheng nong. Chinese pharmacopoeia is extensive: some active chinese herbs used in western drugs. Reserpine from rauwaouofia for antihypertensive and emotional and mental control. Story: a legend about san qi emperor sheng nong, tried to kill a snake by beating it snake returned, healed, after beating snake returned, healed, after beating. This time, after the beating, he observed that the snake crawled back into the bush and ate a plant plant is now called san qi ( panax notoginseng ) and is used for treating external injuries. is an ingredient for the well known tcm herbal formula known as yunnan bai.
