00 Cover 1730

Europe
Chinese herbal medicines licensing,
158–61
complementary and alternative
medicine, 38
demand for herbal products, 16
folk medicine seeEuropean folk
medicine
policies covering traditional medicine,
10
European Directive on Traditional Herbal
Medicinal Products, 12, 159
European folk medicine, 25–39
concepts, 27–30
contemporary use, 37–8
current loss of popular knowledge,
37–8
herbalism, 31–2
non-European influences, 34–6
oral tradition, 32, 33, 37, 38
practitioners, 32–3
printed texts, 32–4, 39
European Herbal and Traditional Medicine
Practitioners Association (EHTPA)
training course, 176
evidence base for efficacy, 11
acupuncture, 137–9
African traditional medicine, 103–4
ayurveda medicine, 213–14
Chinese traditional medicine, 130–1,
132
kampo medicine, 235–8, 243
evidence hierarchy, 49
evidence-based medicine, 45, 46, 48
eye disorders, 29, 30, 31, 281, 297

Fabaceae, 92
faith-based healing, 38, 39
falls, 180–8
feng shui, 126
Fijian traditional medicine, 270, 272, 278–9
herbal remedies, 279–81
safety, 281–2
filariasis, 279, 281
filth pharmacy, 297–8
flatulence, 179

Flos rhododendri mollis(nao yang hua),

165

Foeniculum vulgare(fennel), 302, 303

folk medicine, definition, 3

forestry redevelopment, 19

fractures, 75, 280

fuorgans, 128–9

fungi

Amazonian indian traditional

medicine, 77–8

European folk medicine, 31

galanthamine, 103

Galanthus(snowdrop), 103

Galen, 34

Gardeniae fructus, 249, 250

gastritis, 250, 253

gastrointestinal disorders, 5, 82, 142, 145,

204, 281, 284, 287

see alsodigestive disorders

gem treatments, 208

Gemara, 293

genitourinary disorders, 277, 281

Gentian(gentian), 18

Ghana, plant species used in traditional

medicine, 91

Gijeyzahyza glabra(cinnamon), 222

Ginkgo biloba, 20–1, 36

Ginseng radix, 240, 248, 249, 250, 251

glaucoma, 147

Glycyrrhizae radix, 236, 238, 240, 248,

249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254

Gnaphalium luteo-album(Jersey cudweed)),

18

gold, 206, 221

gonorrhoea, 277

guras, 200

gynaecological disorders, 205

kampo medicines, 251–2

gypsum fibrosum, 250

Hachimijiougan, 243, 254

haemopoetic system, Juzentaihotoeffects,

240

haemorrhoids, 179

hakims, 10, 220

Index | 323