A plant genus of the family COMBRETACEAE. Triterpenes and combretastatin have been identified in members of this genus.
Medical practice or discipline that is based on the knowledge, cultures, and beliefs of the people in EAST ASIA.
A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the African peoples. It includes treatment by medicinal plants and other materia medica as well as by the ministrations of diviners, medicine men, witch doctors, and sorcerers.
Concentrated pharmaceutical preparations of plants obtained by removing active constituents with a suitable solvent, which is evaporated away, and adjusting the residue to a prescribed standard.