"Herbal medicine (also called herbalism, phytomedicine or phytotherapy) is the study of pharmacognosy and the use of medicinal plants, which are a basis of traditional medicine."
Using plants and plant extracts for their medicinal properties.
"With worldwide research into pharmacology, some herbal medicines have been translated into modern remedies, such as the anti-malarial group of drugs called artemisinin isolated from Artemisia annua."
"...artemisinin isolated from Artemisia annua, a herb that was known in Chinese medicine to treat fever."
"There is limited scientific evidence for the safety and efficacy of many plants used in 21st century herbalism..."
"...which generally does not provide standards for purity or dosage."
"The scope of herbal medicine sometimes includes fungal and bee products, as well as minerals, shells, and certain animal parts."
"Paraherbalism describes alternative and pseudoscientific practices of using unrefined plant or animal extracts as unproven medicines or health-promoting agents."
"Paraherbalism relies on the belief that preserving various substances from a given source with less processing is safer or more effective than manufactured products..."
"The study of pharmacognosy..."
"...medicinal plants, which are a basis of traditional medicine."
"...Artemisia annua, a herb that was known in Chinese medicine to treat fever."
"There is limited scientific evidence for the safety and efficacy of many plants used in 21st-century herbalism..."
"...generally does not provide standards for purity or dosage."
"The scope of herbal medicine sometimes includes fungal and bee products, as well as minerals, shells, and certain animal parts."
"...preserving various substances from a given source with less processing is safer or more effective than manufactured products..."
"Herbal medicine (also called herbalism, phytomedicine or phytotherapy)..."
"Some herbal medicines have been translated into modern remedies..."
"...the anti-malarial group of drugs called artemisinin..."
"There is limited scientific evidence for the safety and efficacy of many plants used in 21st-century herbalism..."
"Paraherbalism relies on the belief that preserving various substances from a given source with less processing is safer or more effective than manufactured products..."