Complementary/alternative medicine in Latin America: Use of herbal remedies among a Brazilian metropolitan area population

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Lins Brandão, Maria G ^a   Acúrcio, Francisco Assis ^a   Melo Montemor, Roberto Luis ^a   Paes Marlière, Lucianno Dias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Belo horizonte; Brazil; Herbal remedies; Medicinal plants; Metropolitan area

Indexed keywords

ACHYROCLINE SATUREOIDES EXTRACT; ANGIOSPERM EXTRACT; ANISE EXTRACT; BACCHARIS TRIMERA EXTRACT; CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MATRICHARIA RECUTITA EXTRACT; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; MENTHA PULEGIUM EXTRACT; MIKANIA GLOMERATA EXTRACT; PEUMUS BOLDUS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS TENELUS EXTRACT; PIMPINELLA ANISUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANTAGO EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS EXTRACT; POACEAE EXTRACT; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA CONDENSATA EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRONCHITIS; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURESIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELMINTHIASIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PAIN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33744952585     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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