Preparations derived from plants were the original therapeutic interventions used by man to control diseases (including parasites), both within humans and livestock. Development of herbal products depended upon local botanical flora with the result that different remedies tended to develop in different parts of the world. Nevertheless, in some instances, the same or related plants were used ove...

Safety and quality concerns regarding over the counter sexual enhancement products sold in the USA market pose a major health risk to the general public. Nevertheless, the use of herbal medicines continues to expand rapidly across world and many people perceive usage of herbal medication as a safe and reliable way to improve health outcome. The safety of herbal supplements has become a globally...

EDITOR'S NOTE With the rapid increase in communication and exchange of ideas between China and North America during the past decade, there has been considerable interest amongst Western physicians in traditional Chinese medicine and the use of herbal preparations for a variety of medical problems. The exact chemical constituents of many of these preparations are still unknown and few of the tre...

The 3-Chymotrypsine-Like Protease (3CLpro) is an enzyme that has a major function in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) life cycle. It can be utilized s protein target search for new medications. Herbal plants are expected to have contributions prevention and treatment of 2019 Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19), as many herbal might strong affinity 3CLpro COVID-19. pu...

1.1 Mining principle of herbal combinations The highlight of this research is providing a appropriate statistical method to find out medication rules of chronic gastritis and allergic rhinitis, which will help us to guarantee clinical effects for this two diseases. Five Viscera Tonifying Method (FVTM) was established by Prof. Gao Zhongying, a national prestigious and experienced practitioner of...

BACKGROUND Main concerns for lactating women about medications include the safety of their breastfed infants and the potential effects of medication on quantity and quality of breast milk. While medicine treatments include conventional and complementary medicines, most studies to date have focused on evaluating the safety aspect of conventional medicines. Despite increasing popularity of herbal...

www.pharmacypractice.org (ISSN: 1886-3655) 233 ABSTRACT Practice of self-medication has not been evaluated in hospitalized patients especially in Nigerian hospitals. Objectives: To evaluate the practice of selfmedication among hospitalized patients with an aim to unearth some of the reasons for, and perceptions of benefits of this type of behaviour in secondary health care facilities. Methods: ...