WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants, vol. I - Geneva 1999.

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    VOLUME 1
    World Health Organization
    Geneva
    1999
    WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants​



    WHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
    WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants.—Vol. 1.
    1.Plants, Medicinal 2.Herbs 3.Traditional medicine
    ISBN 92 4 154517 8 (NLM Classification: QV 766)
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    Contents
    Acknowledgements
    Introduction 1

    Monographs (in alphabetical order of plant name)
    Bulbus Allii Cepae 5
    Bulbus Allii Sativi 16
    Aloe 33
    Aloe Vera Gel 43
    Radix Astragali 50
    Fructus Bruceae 59
    Radix Bupleuri 67
    Herba Centellae 77
    Flos Chamomillae 86
    Cortex Cinnamomi 95
    Rhizoma Coptidis 105
    Rhizoma Curcumae Longae 115
    Radix Echinaceae 125
    Herba Echinaceae Purpureae 136
    Herba Ephedrae 145
    Folium Ginkgo 154
    Radix Ginseng 168
    Radix Glycyrrhizae 183
    Radix Paeoniae 195
    Semen Plantaginis 202
    Radix Platycodi 213
    Radix Rauwolfiae 221
    Rhizoma Rhei 231
    Folium Sennae 241
    Fructus Sennae 250
    Herba Thymi 259
    Radix Valerianae 267
    Rhizoma Zingiberis 277
    Annex
    Participants in the WHO Consultation on Selected Medicinal
    Plants 288​

    Acknowledgements
    Special acknowledgement is due to Professors Norman R. Farnsworth, Harry
    H. S. Fong, and Gail B. Mahady of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional
    Medicine, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA,
    for drafting and revising the monographs.
    WHO also acknowledges with thanks the members of the advisory group
    that met in Beijing, China, in 1994, to draw up a list of medicinal plants for
    which monographs should be prepared, the more than 100 experts who provided
    comments and advice on the draft texts, and those who participated in
    the WHO Consultation held in Munich, Germany, in 1996 to review the
    monographs (see Annex). Finally, WHO would like to thank the Food and
    Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Industrial
    Development Organization for their contributions and all those who
    submitted comments through the World Self-Medication Industry, a nongovernmental
    organization in official relations with WHO.
    etc......

     

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