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and the perceived effectiveness of herbal medicine. Overall, 63.5% of AIDS patients had used herbal medicine after HIV diagnosis ...

the most appropriate official policy towards traditional medicines. Some countries have policies that discourage traditional med ...

8|Traditional medicine No policy or legislation Status Legislation pendingLegislation onlyNational policyNo data Figure 1.2 Coun ...

Decade of Traditional Medicine. After this landmark commitment by African leaders, the First AU Session of the Conference of Afr ...

Europe Unfortunately, at the present time it is generally recognised that regulation of traditional systems of medicine, the pro ...

Each culture has its own range of remedies, although some elements are common to all. One notable success to cross the cultural ...

Factors affecting safety The following safety matters are a source of concern in ethnic medicine: training, uncontrolled product ...

Traditional Ethnic Medicines: Public health and compliance with medicines law, published on the MHRA website, highlights problem ...

All practitioners who offer traditional medicines need thorough training and continuing education.^2 Great attention has been pa ...

Biodiversity and sustainability^34 Environmental awareness It is estimated that up to 40% of all pharmaceuticals in industrialis ...

historical significance to homoeopathy. In Madagascar, common Cantha- ranthus(Vinca) species are exploited for the anti-cancer d ...

and pushing up prices.^39 The traditional medicine trade in South Africa is a large and growing industry, the authors of the rep ...

Tackling the problem Awareness In Britain, John Evelyn (1620–1706) was the first to warn about the fact that its native trees we ...

mainly as a result of the impact of EC Set Aside schemes, which were estab- lished to reduce the amount of agricultural land in ...

industry in that country. As sophisticated isolation, separation and elucida- tion techniques developed, the requirement for thi ...

It is no consolation that complementary practitioners are the cause of the problems, for our uses are but a fraction of the tota ...

More information Botanic Gardens Conservation International: http://www.bgci.org European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practi ...

Waldheim A. Diaspora and health? Traditional medicine and culture in a Mexican migrant community. Int Migration2008; 46 :95–117 ...

Bellamy D. Something in the air. BBC Wildlife1993; 11 (7):31–4. Sitwell N. The Shell Guide to Britain’s Threatened Wildlife. Lo ...

Introduction The study of folk medicine has a long history that reflects on the wider development of healthcare in European soci ...