Cucumis melo, 213
Cucurbita pepo, 213
cupping, 306
curandismo, 34
curare, 16
Curcuma domestica(tumeric), 222
Cymbopogon citratus(Maria Luisa–Hierba
Luisa), 77
Cynoglossum officinale(long-leaved
hounds’ tongue), 27
Daiokanzoto, 242
dampness, Chinese traditional medicine,
127
Datura metel(yang jin hua), 165
De Materia Medica, 31
demand for herbal products, 16–17
dementia, 241, 243, 251
kampo herbal formulae, 230, 231–2
dental pain (toothache), 143, 274–5, 290
dental postoperative pain, 138
depression, 104, 213
dermatitis, 228
dhatus(seven tissues), 197, 198, 201–2, 207
diabetes mellitus, 16, 82, 103, 131, 180,
212–13, 228, 254
diarrhoeal disease, 31, 76, 82, 131, 214,
281, 287, 289, 294
diet therapy
ayurveda medicine, 203–4
Chinese traditional medicine, 178–9
Talmudic records, 298
unani medicine, 221
digestive disorders, 145, 228, 274
kampo medicines, 253
Dinelliae tuber, 250
Dioscorea, 20
diosgenin, 20
Discoreae rhizoma, 254
disease causation, 54
doctrine of signatures, 27–9, 36
Dong Eui Bo Gam, 263
Dong Eui Soo Se Bo Won, 264
doshas, 197, 198, 199–200, 201, 207
dragon’s blood, 36
drug dependence, 104, 145
Duboisia, 278
Duboisia hopwoodii(pituri), 275
Dutch East India Company, 89
dysentery, 184, 288
dysmenorrhoea, 162
Dysosma (Podophyllum) pleianthum(ba
jiao lian), 165ear pain, 35
EC Set Aside schemes, 19
eczema, 161, 228
effectiveness
acupuncture, 143, 144, 146, 147
African traditional medicine, 103–4
ayurveda medicine, 213–14
Chinese herbal medicine, 161–2
evidence, 14
kampo medicine, 235–6
North American aboriginal/traditional
medicine, 47, 48
WHO initiatives, 95
Emblica officinalis(amalaki), 205, 217
emchis, 185
endangered species, 18
Chinese herbal preparations, 172, 176
legislation, 19
endocrine disorders, 254
entheogenic plants/substances, 70, 74
Ephedra herba, 238, 246, 252, 253
epilepsy, 82, 238
Epipremnum pinnatum(wa yalu), 281
Erodium cicutarium(common storksbill),
27
Erythroxylum coca, 72, 73
Eschweilerasp. (Koduiro), 78
ethnobotanical studies, 20
Eucalyptus, 278
Eucalyptus piperita, 275
Eucalyptus siderophloia, 274
Eucalyptus viminalis, 274
Eui Bang Yoo Chui, 262
Euoidia vitiflora, 275
Euphorbia drummondii, 277
Euphorbia paralias(sea spurge), 37
Euphorbia peplis(purple spurge), 18
Euphorbiaceae, 92322 | Index