Introduction to Traditional Herbal Medicines and their Study

Traditional Herbal Medicine Research Methods: Identification, Analysis, Bioassay, and Pharmaceutical and Clinical Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-26

  Liu, Willow ^a  

^a 21st Century Herbs and Health Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbal medicines and products herbal medicines and their product regulation, and quality and safety concerns; Traditional herbal medicines, and studies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America meeting primary health care needs; Traditional herbs, clinically prescribed by practitioners of traditional medicine theories and clinical application of traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886197101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470921340.ch1     Document Type: Editorial

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