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unusual facts about herbal medicine



Ampelocissus abyssinica

Ampelocissus abyssinica is a large climbing vine native to southeast Ethiopia, where it is known in the Afaan Oromo language by the name teru (also the name for a part of that country), and is used as a herbal treatment for the medical condition known as black leg.

Kohi Safi District

The name of the district was known to have been mentioned going back as far as the 15th century, it was Sikandar Lodi's personal physician Qulam Adam Mohammad Shahid Mirza mentioning that someone should be sent to Kabul in the land of Saphystan to bring Herbal medicine.


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Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences

The practitioners in the clinic practice Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine, Tai chi, Tui na massage (acupressure), Food Therapy, Moxibustion, and Cupping Therapy.

Agasthyamalai Hills

The hills are notable as the habitat for over 2,000 species of medicinal plants and as the abode of the Vedic sage Agasthya, founder of the Siddhar practitioners of Rasayana herbal medicine, who is often depicted holding a mortar and pestle.

Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine

In the early sixties, the President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah sent Dr. Oku Ampofo and others to China to benefit from the Chinese experience in herbal medicine.

Hendrik van Rheede

The ethno-medical information presented in the work was extracted from palm leaf manuscripts by a famous practitioner of herbal medicine named Itty Achuden.

JLF

The raid wasn't due however to the fact that JLF was selling analogues of then illegal drugs, but rather it was a part of a larger Food and Drug Administration (FDA) crackdown against a large group of herbal medicine providers.

Regulation of acupuncture

In 2000, the Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria, Australia (CMBV) was established as an independent government agency to oversee the practice of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture in the state.

Senegalia caffra

In common with other Acacias and Senegalias, the bark and leaves are rich in tannins, while parts of the tree are used by the Bantu in traditional herbal medicine for curing a large range of complaints.