bad eye (el mal de ojo), 69
bad wind (el mal viento), 69
baguo, 21
bahnkes, 306
Bakumondoto, 244, 252
bedak dingin, 222
Bell’s palsy, 147
berberine, 165
Bhutanese traditional medicine, 185
Biblical records, 294–6
biodiversity, 15–16, 18–19
birth attendants, 1, 87
black cohosh, 49, 51–3, 54–5
blackwater fever, 281
bleeding disorders, 31, 79
blood, Chinese traditional medicine, 127,
137
disorders, 127
see also ketsu
blood purification, North American
traditional medicine, 47
Bon, 182
bone-setters, 37, 87
Book of Remedies, 296
borrachero, 70
Bristol Chinese Herb Garden, 177–8
bronchitis, 79, 228, 242, 252, 253
Brugmansia suaveolens, 70
bulimia, 104
Bupluri radix, 248, 249, 251, 253
Calculas bovis(ox bezoars/gallstones), 259
Canadian traditional medicine seeNorth
American aboriginal/traditional medicine
cancer therapy, 214
canna, 104
Cantharanthus, 16
Cape Floristic Region, 92
cardiovascular disease, kampo medicines,
250–1
Catha edulis(khat), 210
cathine, 210
cathinone, 210
Cecropia(yarumo), 73
Centaurium spicatum, 276
cerebrovascular disorders, 250
champi, 207
chemotherapy-related side effects, Chinese
herbal medicine, 162
Chiang Mai Declaration, 112
Chinese Herb Garden, Bristol, 177–8
Chinese herb nephropathy, 167, 168
Chinese herbal medicine, 119, 121, 151–78
adverse reactions reporting, 171, 172,
173–5
applications, 161–2
approved suppliers scheme, 167
availability, 152
categorisation of herbs, 153
five tastes, 153
four natures, 153
meridians, 153
effectiveness, 161–2
endangered species, 172, 176
formulation, 154–5
extemporaneous preparation,
155–6
patent medicines (pre-made
formulae), 156
history, 152
licensing
Australia, 161
China, 157–8
Europe, 158–61
non-plant ingredients, 161
modernisation, 132–3
new dosage forms, 176–7
practice, 153
practitioners (UK), 162–3
safety, 11, 12, 162–7
accidental herbal contaminants,
171
adulterants, 167
Aristolochia, 167–70
in children, 165
concurrent use with orthodox
medicines, 166–7
heavy metals contamination,
170–1
illegal allopathic ingredients, 166
improvement measures, 171–2
ingredient toxicity, 163–4320 | Index