Revealing Indigenous Indonesian Traditional Medicine: Anti-infective Agents

Compliance in Anti-infective Medicine

Compliance, or adherence, is the extent to which the time history of drug administration corresponds to the prescribed regimen. Patients in hospital are generally compliant with treatment because they are provided with each dose at the relevant time. However, noncompliance is a frequent problem in the outpatient setting and can result in patients receiving inappropriate doses of medication. Pat...

Anti-halitosis plants in Iranian Traditional Medicine

Halitosis is an oral health condition characterized by unpleasant odors emanating constantly from oral cavity. Almost 22-50% of the population experiences such a condition during lifespan and about half of them suffer from personal discomfort and social embarrassment. Based on the literature survey, it seems that the oral cavity is the most important origin of halitosis; therefore, this area co...

Anti-hemorrhoidal plants in Iranian traditional medicine

Background and objectives: Hemorrhoidal disease is a prevalent anorectal condition that is explained as the symptomatic expansions and displacements of the normal hemorrhoidal cushions. Symptomatic hemorrhoids affect more than one million individuals in the western world every year. Hemorrhoids is a well-known disease in Iranian traditional medicine (ITM). Avicenna and other Ir...

Medicinal Plants as Immunosuppressive Agents in Traditional Iranian Medicine

Traditional Indonesian dairy foods.

Indonesia is the largest archipelago blessed with one of the richest mega-biodiversities and also home to one of the most diverse cuisines and traditional fermented foods. There are 3 types of traditional dairy foods, namely the butter-like product minyak samin; yogurt-like product dadih; and cheese-like products dali or bagot in horbo, dangke, litsusu, and cologanti, which reflect the culture ...