01-04-2020, 05:23 AM
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HRB - Herbalism:
Herbal medicine (also herbalism) is the study of botany and the use of medicinal plants. Plants have been
the basis for medical treatments through much of human history, and such traditional medicine is still
widely practiced today. Modern medicine makes use of many plant-derived compounds as the basis for
evidence-based pharmaceutical drugs. Although herbalism may apply modern standards of effectiveness
testing to herbs and medicines derived from natural sources, few high-quality clinical trials and standards
for purity or dosage exist. The scope of herbal medicine is sometimes extended to include fungal and bee
products, as well as minerals, shells and certain animal parts.
Herbal medicine is also called phytomedicine or phytotherapy. Paraherbalism describes alternative and
pseudoscientific practices of using unrefined plant or animal extracts as unproven medicines or
health-promoting agents. Paraherbalism differs from plant-derived medicines in standard pharmacology
because it does not isolate or standardize biologically active compounds, but rather relies on the belief
that preserving various substances from a given source with less processing is safer or more effective
– for which there is no evidence. Herbal dietary supplements most often fall under the phytotherapy category.
APT - Apothecary:
Apothecary (/əˈpɒθɪkəri/) is one term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia
medica (medicine) to physicians, surgeons, and patients. The modern pharmacist (also colloquially referred
to as a chemist in British English) has taken over this role. In some languages and regions, the word
"apothecary" is still used to refer to a retail pharmacy or a pharmacist who owns one. Apothecaries'
investigation of herbal and chemical ingredients was a precursor to the modern sciences of chemistry
and pharmacology.
In addition to dispensing herbs and medicine, the apothecary offered general medical advice and a range
of services that are now performed by other specialist practitioners, such as surgeons and obstetricians.
Apothecary shops sold ingredients and the medicines they prepared wholesale to other medical practitioners,
as well as dispensing them to patients. In seventeenth century England, they also controlled the trade of
tobacco which was imported as a medicine.
Herbal medicine (also herbalism) is the study of botany and the use of medicinal plants. Plants have been
the basis for medical treatments through much of human history, and such traditional medicine is still
widely practiced today. Modern medicine makes use of many plant-derived compounds as the basis for
evidence-based pharmaceutical drugs. Although herbalism may apply modern standards of effectiveness
testing to herbs and medicines derived from natural sources, few high-quality clinical trials and standards
for purity or dosage exist. The scope of herbal medicine is sometimes extended to include fungal and bee
products, as well as minerals, shells and certain animal parts.
Herbal medicine is also called phytomedicine or phytotherapy. Paraherbalism describes alternative and
pseudoscientific practices of using unrefined plant or animal extracts as unproven medicines or
health-promoting agents. Paraherbalism differs from plant-derived medicines in standard pharmacology
because it does not isolate or standardize biologically active compounds, but rather relies on the belief
that preserving various substances from a given source with less processing is safer or more effective
– for which there is no evidence. Herbal dietary supplements most often fall under the phytotherapy category.
APT - Apothecary:
Apothecary (/əˈpɒθɪkəri/) is one term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia
medica (medicine) to physicians, surgeons, and patients. The modern pharmacist (also colloquially referred
to as a chemist in British English) has taken over this role. In some languages and regions, the word
"apothecary" is still used to refer to a retail pharmacy or a pharmacist who owns one. Apothecaries'
investigation of herbal and chemical ingredients was a precursor to the modern sciences of chemistry
and pharmacology.
In addition to dispensing herbs and medicine, the apothecary offered general medical advice and a range
of services that are now performed by other specialist practitioners, such as surgeons and obstetricians.
Apothecary shops sold ingredients and the medicines they prepared wholesale to other medical practitioners,
as well as dispensing them to patients. In seventeenth century England, they also controlled the trade of
tobacco which was imported as a medicine.
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