current status, 266–8
four constitutional medicine (Sa Sang
medicine), 264, 266
herbal formulae
coding system, 267–8
dosage form modernisation, 269
history, 257–61
medical classics, 262–4
integrated healthcare, 268–9
practitioner education, 266–7
relation to Chinese traditional
medicine, 257, 260
relation to Japanese traditional
medicine, 259, 260, 262
research, 267–8
koromiko, 286, 288
Koteidaikei(Yellow Emperor’s Manual of
Corporeal Medicine), 225
kung fu, 180
labour, 146
Lahaul-Spiti, 5
Latin American traditional medicine, 10
see alsoAmazon forest indigenous
peoples’ traditional medicine
(Colombia)
lead, 211–12, 221
legal issues
UK, 12
see alsoregulation
Leptospermum scoparium(manuka), 289
Lingshu, 120
Longanae arillus, 249
Loretokindtradition, 29
lotus plumule (lian zi xin), 179
lower respiratory tract infections, 82
lulur, 222
Lycoperdon(puffball), 31
Maimonides, 299, 300, 302, 303, 305, 312
Makyokansekito, 238, 239
Makyoyokkanto, 238, 239
malaria, 1, 9, 82, 103, 261
collaboration between traditional
medical and allopathic practitioners,
111
ethnopharmacological screening
programmes, 105, 106
malas(three waste products), 197, 198, 202
Malasia, 16
Mali, 1
Maori traditional medicine, 10, 272, 285
traditional remedies, 285–90
Maoto, 238, 239
Maputo Declaration on Malaria, HIV/AIDS
and Other Related Infectious Diseases, 9
marabouts, 36
massage, 207
mastitis, 26–7
Medicines Act (1968), Chinese herbal
medicines, 158, 159
Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency (MHRA), 13
consultation document on Chinese
herbal medicines supply, 159–60
ethnic medicines forum, 12
Yellow Card scheme for herbal
medicines, 172
meditation, 208
Melaleuca, 11, 275
Melaleuca alternifolia(tea tree), 11, 278
menopausal disorders, 50, 54, 228, 251
menstrual disorders, 151, 184, 205, 252,
281
Mentha pulegium, 165
mercury, 211, 212, 221
meridians, 129
metabolic disorders, 254
metals
ayurveda medicine, 206, 215, 216
heavy metal toxicity, 211–12
siddha medicine, 221
migraine, 126, 143–4
migrants, 6, 35–6
Mikania micrantha(fue saina; wabosucu),
281, 284
Miscanthus floridulus(gasau), 280–1
Mishna, 293
Momordica charantia(karela), 212
Mongolian traditional medicine, 185
Morinda citrifolia(Indian mulberry;
nonu/noni), 283–4326 | Index