Traditional Medicine (Folk Remedies)

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986 relevant articles (31 outcomes, 54 trials/studies) found for this Therapy

Description: Systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation. The concept includes mystical and magical rituals (SPIRITUAL THERAPIES), PHYTOTHERAPY, and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine.

Also Known As:

Folk Remedies; Ethnomedicine; Home Remedy; Folk Medicine; Home Remedies; Folk Remedy; Indigenous Medicine; Medicine, Traditional; Primitive Medicine; Remedies, Folk; Remedies, Home; Remedy, Folk; Remedy, Home; Medicine, Folk; Medicine, Indigenous; Medicine, Primitive

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Experts

1.	Tovey, Philip: 2 articles (09/2006 - 09/2005)
2.	Bodeker, Gerard: 2 articles (07/2006 - 03/2003)
3.	Lee, Roberta: 2 articles (05/2006 - 09/2005)
4.	Stewart, Michael J: 2 articles (01/2005 - 08/2002)
5.	Steenkamp, Vanessa: 2 articles (01/2005 - 08/2002)
6.	Bodeker, G: 2 articles (10/2000 - 04/2000)
7.	Kabatesi, D: 2 articles (10/2000 - 04/2000)
8.	Oh, Ki Sook: 1 article (09/2008)
9.	Chae, Kyungsil: 1 article (09/2008)
10.	Rho, Young Ho: 1 article (09/2008)

Related Diseases

1.	Neoplasms (Cancer) 06/01/2004 - "This result could partly explain the popularity of this plant in folk medicine as a remedy for cancer and HIV patients in the eastern part of Thailand." 04/01/1999 - "Therefore, the present study shows that several Zingiberaceae species used in Malaysian traditional medicine contain naturally occurring non-toxic compounds that inhibit the EBV activation, which, if further investigated, could contribute in the development of cancer prevention methods at the tumour-promoting stage." 11/01/2008 - "Lithospermum erythrorhizon has been used for treatment of inflammatory diseases and cancer as a folk remedy" 09/26/2008 - "ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Coix seed has been traditionally used to treat cancers in folk medicine" 06/01/2008 - "The mushroom Agaricus blazei (Ab) has been widely used in folk medicine to treat various diseases including cancer" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
2.	Infection 10/01/1993 - "These results suggested that 12 of 142 HW-extracts that exhibited therapeutic efficacy in an animal infection model were possible candidates for anti-HSV-1 traditional medicine." 01/01/2000 - "In Central America aerial parts of the Asteraceae Milleria quinqueflora are used in traditional medicine as a remedy for skin infections" 07/01/2002 - "The results of this study support the use of these species in Canarian traditional medicine to treat skin infections." 11/01/2008 - "Millettia pachycarpa Benth (Leguminosae) has a usage in traditional medicine system practiced among the Lushai tribes of Mizoram, a state in North East India, who customarily consume the aqueous extract of the root peel of the plant to get rid of intestinal worm infections" 10/28/2008 - "Because poor people usually have only water available as extractant, it raises the question how plants growing in poor rural communities can be used to treat infections more effectively, and what the mechanism of activity of aqueous extracts used to treat infections in traditional medicine are." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
3.	Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) 12/01/2005 - "Olive (Olea europea) is used in traditional medicine as a remedy for hypertension" 12/01/1999 - "Artemisia verlotorum Lamotte (Compositae), growing in almost all the northern hemisphere, is used in folk medicine of some countries of Tuscany, Italy, as a remedy for hypertension" 01/01/2008 - "RESULTS: One-hundred-eighty-three of 272 participants completed the study (67%); 39 (21%) reported using home remedies for hypertension" 11/20/2008 - "ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: In Southern Europe Olea europaea leafs are known as a folk remedy for hypertension" 01/01/2008 - "OBJECTIVE: To determine associations between home remedy use and self-reported adherence among urban African Americans with poorly controlled hypertension" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
4.	Inflammation 03/01/2003 - "The plant materials selected for this study have been used in aboriginal medicine in Australia and traditional medicine in China for the treatment of various diseases that are considered as inflammation in nature, e.g" 07/01/2008 - "BACKGROUND: Melilotus extract has been used as a folk medicine in inflammation-related therapy" 01/04/2008 - "cordifolia in folk medicine to treat inflammation." 01/01/2008 - "is a Chinese folk medicine, in order to find the material basis that were related to anti-inflammation pharmacodynamic action, we investigated for chemical constituents by chemical and spectroscopic analysis" 11/20/2007 - "suaveolens Ledeb) has long been used as a folk medicine in inflammation-related therapy" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
5.	Diabetes Mellitus 08/01/1984 - "These studies confirm the "folk-medicine" indication of Myrtus extract as potentially useful in the treatment of diabetes mellitus." 03/01/1993 - "The efficacy of traditional medicine in the management of diabetes mellitus in southwestern Nigeria." 06/01/2007 - "The decoction from the capitulums of the plant is consumed for the symptoms of diabetes mellitus in folk medicine" 03/01/2007 - "The observed activity for the DCM extract, F9, SF1 and the MG-FA mixture provides additional support for the popular use of this plant in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in Mexican traditional medicine." 01/03/2007 - "Decoction prepared from the capitulums of Helichrysum plicatum ssp. plicatum is used to alleviate the symptoms of diabetes mellitus in folk medicine" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
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