Traditional use: A consideration of herbal drugs from the point of view of pharmaceutical history;Traditionelle Anwendung: Eine Betrachtung zu pflanzlichen Arzneimitteln aus pharmaziehistorischer Sicht

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-98

  Helmstädter, Axel ^a   Staiger, Christiane ^b  

^a Institut fur Geschichte der Pharmazie   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

History of medicine; Phytopharmaceuticals; Traditional use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG CONTROL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PHARMACOGNOSY; STANDARD; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EUROPE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHARMACOGNOSY;

EID: 84861314086     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338601     Document Type: Review

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