Journal articles: 'Materia medica and therapeutics'

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Khanam, Dr Henna, and Dr Supriya Halder. "Cowpertwaite’s textbook of Materia Medica & therapeutics: A book review." International Journal of Homoeopathic Sciences 6, no. 3 (July 1, 2022): 17–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.33545/26164485.2022.v6.i3a.592.

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Aronson, J. "When I use a word ... * Materia medica, clinical pharmacology, and therapeutics." QJM 103, no. 5 (July 22, 2009): 361–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcp097.

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Tripathy, Tridibesh, Ms Navya Mall, Mr Prabhat Kumar, Shankar Das, Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Rakesh Dwivedi, Umakant Prusty, et al. "Homoeopathy in the Eyes of Legislation in India." Scholars International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice 7, no. 01 (January 9, 2024): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.36348/sijlcj.2024.v07i01.001.

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Therapeutics systems are governed by public health laws of the nations in which these are rolled out & practiced. The current article discusses the therapeutic system of Homoeopathy of AYUSH in India & the public health laws that govern this therapeutic system in India. The next step which the article goes through is the journey of the therapeutic system in the nation which becomes the pivotal for the article. The current article deals with the current situation of the homoeopathic therapeutic system at global followed by the national level. As an intervention strategy to deal with the roll out modalities of homoeopathy, the article discusses the journey of its related public health laws also. Finally, the article discusses the role of homoeopathy of AYUSH ministry of India in the current context & proposes a multi stage involvement based on the successful therapeutics in Homoeopathic Materia Medica. The focus of the article on homoeopathy & its related public health laws is critical as it can cover masses as it is cost effective, therapeutically effective & has no side effects. In order to achieve the roll out of these beneficial properties, the related public health laws need effective implementation.

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Pearson, Howard A. "Lectures on the Diseases of Children by Eli Ives, MD, of Yale and New Haven: America's First Academic Pediatrician." Pediatrics 77, no. 5 (May 1, 1986): 680–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.77.5.680.

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Eli Ives of New Haven, CT and Yale University was a successful and respected practitioner, professor, and medical statesman. For nearly 40 years between 1813 and 1852, he lectured to an estimated 1,500 Yale medical students on materia medica, botany, the theory and practice of medicine, and the diseases of children. Some of those lectures, meticulously recorded in flowing penmanship by Yale medical students during this time, are preserved in the manuscript and archives section of Yale University's Sterling Library. The Ives Lectures on Diseases of Children represent the first systematic and dedicated American course of instruction in what today is known as the specialty of pediatrics. During the 1820s, Ives' title at Yale was Professor of Materia Medica, Botany, and the Diseases of Children and so he held the earliest American academic appointment in pediatrics. There were other early 19th century academic physicians with demonstrated interest and involvement in children and their diseases.1 These pediatric pioneers included William Potts Dewees of the University of Pennsylvania and John Eberle of the Jefferson and Cincinatti Medical Colleges who authored early American pediatric textbooks. However, they did not have formal academic titles nor did they present separate substantive courses in pediatrics at their institutions. By the latter half of the 19th century pediatrics began to attain academic recognition in the United States. Dr Abraham Jacobi of New York established a children's clinic at the New York Medical College in 1861. He held the academic title of Professor of Infantile Pathology and Therapeutics and lectured on the diseases of children.

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Huang, Ting, Yunbin Jiang, Yanfei Zhang, Yutian Lei, and Guihua Jiang. "Current application of metabolomics in the elucidation of processing mechanisms used in Chinese materia medica: A review." Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 19, no. 6 (November 16, 2020): 1321–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v19i6.29.

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Processing, a key characteristic of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), enhances the efficacy and safety of Chinese materia medica (CMM) in clinics. It plays an important role in TCM. Studies on processing mechanisms involved in CMM promote the development of TCM. However, most studies on the mechanisms used for processing CMM do not reflect the holistic theory of TCM because they are based only on analysis of some specific chemical components and biochemical indices which do not support the TCM characteristics of network target and multicomponent therapeutics. Fortunately, the perspective of systems biology is consistent with the holistic theory of TCM. Metabolomics, a key tool in systems biology, has been widely used to investigate the processing mechanism of CMM for many years. In this work, current applications of metabolomics in elucidating mechanisms used for processing of CMM were systematically reviewed and discussed in terms of changes in chemical components, toxicity and efficacy of CMM before and after processing. This work provides researchers a clear and concise reference on the current application of metabolomics in investigation of mechanisms used in processing of CMM. Moreover, this work provides a guide on how to investigate the mechanisms used in processing of CMM, based on metabolomics. Keywords: Chinese materia medica, Processing mechanism, Metabolomics, Holistic theory

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Rzeźnicka, Zofia, and Maciej Kokoszko. "Wine and Myrrh as Medicaments or a Commentary on Some Aspects of Ancient and Byzantine Mediterranean Society." Studia Ceranea 9 (December 30, 2019): 615–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/2084-140x.09.31.

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The present study has resulted from a close reading of prescriptions for therapeutic wines inserted in book V of De materia medica by Pedanius Dioscorides, the eminent expert in materia medica of the 1st century A.D. The authors emphasise the role of wine varieties and selected flavourings (and especially of myrrh) in order to determine the social status of those to whom the formulas were addressed. This perspective gives the researchers ample opportunity for elaborating not only on the significance of wine in medical procedures but also for underscoring the importance of a number of aromatics in pharmacopoeia of antiquity and Byzantium. The analysis of seven selected formulas turns out to provide a fairly in-depth insight into Mediterranean society over a prolonged period of time, and leads the authors to draw the following conclusions. First, they suggest that medical doctors were social-inequality-conscious and that Dioscorides and his followers felt the obligation to treat both the poor and the rich. Second, they prove physicians’ expertise in materia medica, exemplifying how they were capable of adjusting market value of components used in their prescriptions to financial capacities of the patients. Third, the researchers circumstantiate the place of medical knowledge in ancient, and later on in Byzantine society. Last but not least, they demonstrate that medical treatises are an important source of knowledge, and therefore should be more often made use of by historians dealing with economic and social history of antiquity and Byzantium.

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Kara, Shamini, and Gyandas Wadhwani. "Two Clinical Experiences with a New Sarcode: Potentised Mitral Valve in LM Potencies." Homœopathic Links 31, no. 04 (December 2018): 241–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1677545.

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AbstractSarcodes are an important part of homeopathic materia medica, but their use is ambiguous. Mitral valve is yet another addition to the list but lacking in guidelines for therapeutic application based on homoeopathic drug proving data. Two clinical cases are outlined that empirically received potentised mitral valve in ascending LM potencies and experienced an improved quality of life that was corroborated with outcome in relation to impact of daily living (ORIDL). Potentised mitral valve may be a valuable addition to our materia medica after it has been proved according to homoeopathic guidelines.

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Wu, D. Y., X. Y. Zhang, and X. L. Zhou. "Properties and Therapeutic Efficacy of Chinese Materia Medica Based on Strategy Pattern." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1207 (April 2019): 012004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1207/1/012004.

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Lees, P., L. Pelligand, M. Whiting, D. Chambers, P.-L. Toutain, and M. L. Whitehead. "Comparison of veterinary drugs and veterinary homeopathy: part 1." Veterinary Record 181, no. 7 (August 11, 2017): 170–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.104278.

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For many years after its invention around 1796, homeopathy was widely used in people and later in animals. Over the intervening period (1796-2016) pharmacology emerged as a science from Materia Medica (medicinal materials) to become the mainstay of veterinary therapeutics. There remains today a much smaller, but significant, use of homeopathy by veterinary surgeons. Homeopathic products are sometimes administered when conventional drug therapies have not succeeded, but are also used as alternatives to scientifically based therapies and licensed products. The principles underlying the veterinary use of drug-based and homeopathic products are polar opposites; this provides the basis for comparison between them. This two-part review compares and contrasts the two treatment forms in respect of history, constituents, methods of preparation, known or postulated mechanisms underlying responses, the legal basis for use and scientific credibility in the 21st century. Part 1 begins with a consideration of why therapeutic products actually work or appear to do so.

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Barreiros, Bruno, and Palmira Fontes da Costa. "Materia Medica and the History of the Book in Seventeenth-Century Portugal." Nuncius 36, no. 2 (June 23, 2021): 394–430. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18253911-03602007.

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Abstract This article provides an analysis of the most successful books on materia medica printed in Portugal in the seventeenth century and their influence on subsequent works. The study is informed by methodologies and concerns from the field of the history of the book and pays particular attention to paratexts, genres as well as to physical formats. It shows that these elements were fundamental in defining intended audiences and in constructing strategies of legitimation for their authors. In addition, it assesses issues of readership by considering the marginalia preserved in some copies of these books. The investigation has also into account a significant number of manuscripts on the subject. In spite of their limited circulation, this article shows the advantage of manuscript culture in the dissemination of knowledge on materia medica. Since they could circumvent censorship, particularly in the case of chemical remedies, they reveal a more open approach towards therapeutic innovations and the integration of new ideas and practices.

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Cheng, Marcia Amoedo, and Francisco JosÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â© de Freitas. "Therapeutic possibilities of coriaria myrtifolia L. in high dilutions." International Journal of High Dilution Research - ISSN 1982-6206 10, no. 36 (December 23, 2021): 211–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.51910/ijhdr.v10i36.508.

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Background: Homeopathy literature shows references about Coriaria myrtifolia L. at some important Homeopathic Materia Medica: Allen,TF [1], Voisin H [2] and Vijnovsky B [3]. Those reports are unsatisfactory to fulfill a contemporary standardized study basis on: origin and description, preparation, medicine general action, sensations and modalities; demanding a broader investigation. Aims: Identify therapeutic possibilities on Coriaria myrtifolia L. from ratifying and broadening the homeopathic materia medica knowledge. Methodology: Literature review on botanical, biochemical and pharmacological data [4-12]. The use of plant in various fields since XVIII century and analyzes of clinical-toxicological reports described in medical reviews published. Results: Coriaria myrtifolia L. is a toxic shrub, growing wild in western Mediterranean region. The entire plant contains a sesquiterpene-lactone called coriamyrtin, a potent convulsivant neurotoxin. Clinical manifestations of acute intoxication includes: Central Nervous System ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ generalized tonic-clonic seizures, recurrent, which may evolve to status epilepticus, coma, apnea and death. Respiratory Tract ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ respiratory depression due to anoxia, respiratory arrhythmia alternating with apnea, respiratory muscles tetanization evolving to respiratory arrest. Cardiovascular System ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ central excitatory action which may initially promote increased blood pressure followed by heart failure, as a result of the seizures, due to anoxia and acidosis, leading to cardiac arrest. Gastrointestinal Tract ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ nausea, vomiting and stomach pains that precede seizures; since there is no evidence of toxin direct action on mucosa, those symptoms may relate to Central Nervous System action (attributed to impairment of cranial nerve VIII). Knowledge of these aspects gave us possibility to build a Coriaria myrtifolia L. materia medica with broader clinical indications. Conclusion: Coriaria myrtifolia L. is a valuable source to be used in high dilutions as medicine indicated for epileptic syndromes treatment, characterized by tonic-clonic seizures, mainly presenting a malignant tendency, with recurrent seizures, which may evolve to status epilepticus and potential mortality risk. Among the clinical indications proposed stand out etiologies of great incidence at emergency rooms such as metabolic or vascular primary disorders, or resulting from systemic diseases (diabetes, hepatopathy, nephropathy), encephalitis and meningitis with or without Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, withdrawal syndrome from alcohol or drugs, exogenous poisoning, poisoning or overdose of alcohol or drugs, traumatic brain injury and intracranial expanding lesions.

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Chiu, Patrick. "From Hai Yao, Yang Yao to Xi Yao: Sinification of Material Medical from the West." Chinese Medicine and Culture 6, no. 4 (December 2023): 319–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/mc9.0000000000000088.

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In ancient China, Daoist philosophers developed the concepts of qi (energy), Wu Xing (five elements), and yin (feminine, dark, negative) and yang (masculine, bright, positive) opposite forces between 200 and 600 BCE. Based on these philosophies, Zhen Jiu (acupuncture), Ben Cao (materia medica), and the practice of Qi Gong (energy optimization movements) evolved as the three interrelated therapeutic regimens of Chinese medicine (Note 1). Since the time of Zhang Qian, who discovered China’s western regions in the 1st century BCE, Hai Yao (the exotic elements of materia medica from the maritime Silk Road countries), had been transmitted from the ancient land and maritime routes of the Silk Road to China in the past two millennia (Note 2). Since the late 17th century, the English East India Company, later called the British East India Company, introduced Yang Yao (opium) to the Manchu Qing Empire to balance a growing trade deficit for tea export from China to the British Empire. After the First Opium War ended in 1842, enterprising expatriate chemists and druggists in the treaty ports imported Xi Yao (modern medicines from the Western world) for sale to the merchant navy and the local market. From the second half of the 19th century onwards, both Hai Yao and Xi Yao have become a fully integrated part of modern China’s armamentarium for the Chinese medicine and Western hospitals and retail pharmacy sectors. This paper articulates the journey of adoption of exotic elements of materia medica from the ancient land and sea routes of the Silk Road, including the western regions and the rest of the world in the past two millennia. Opium traders, ship surgeons, medical and pharmaceutical missionaries, enterprising traders, and policymakers together transformed Ben Cao into Xi Yao during the late Manchu Qing dynasty and the early Nationalist Era.

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Anjum, Sultana, Sana Kauser Ateeque Ahmed, Farha Naz, and Saba Khanum. "A Comprehensive Description on Ethnopharmacology and Therapeutics of Murdarsang: A Review." Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics 11, no. 5-S (October 15, 2021): 143–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v11i5-s.5056.

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Murdarsang is a mineral that contains pbo, or lead oxide is an important medicine in the Unani system of medicine (USM) due to its multiple therapeutic properties. It can be prepared manually with different methods and used in different forms. Etymologically, it is known as 'Litharge' which is derived from Greek 'Litharguros' (lithos meaning stone and arguros for silver) which forms as a 'waste' during the last stage of silver smelting. Throughout human history, lead and lead minerals have been used for medicinal purposes. Galena was used as an eye salve in pre-dynastic Egypt, as well as by the ancient Indian civilisations of Mohendro-Daro and Harappa between 3200 and 2800 BC. Dioskourides in his De Materia Medica says about lithargyros that one is made from sand called molybditis which is roasted until it is totally burned, another from silver, a third from lead. According to Unani system of medicine Murdarsang possess different properties such as Astringent, Agglutinant, mildly Detergent, Desiccant, Anti-inflammatory Refrigerant, Corrosive and Rarefying properties. It is used as a base for making ointments. It composes the drugs and reduces the intensity of their dissolution, corrosion and astringency. It also have a corrosive, Resolvent and Insecticidal action. Many pharmacological activities mentioned in Unani medicine are validated, and many activities need further exploration due to the immense therapeutic scope in this drug. The current review designed to give an overview on the historical, chemical constituents, pharmacological and therapeutic effects of Murdarsang. Keywords: Murdarsang, Litharge, Lead oxide, Unani system of medicine.

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Kokoszko, Maciej. "Kilka słów o pewnym słodkim sosie, czyli o dietetyce i materia medica w De observatione ciborum Antimusa." Prace Historyczne 148, no. 3 (2021): 437–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/20844069ph.21.032.14008.

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A few words on a certain sweet sauce, or on dietetics and materia medica in De observatione ciborum by Anthimus The article analyses reading of the fragment …in dulci piper habente, parum cariofili et gingiber, costum et spicam nardi vel folium included in chapter 13 of De observatione ciborum by a Byzantine doctor Anthimus. The author attempts to reconstruct (on the basis of topical culinary, agronomic and encyclopaedic literature) the technology employed in preparing of the said sauce, and claims (having analysed culinary and medical sources) that the term folium used in the recipe denotes tejpat (Cinnamomum tamala [Buch.-Ham.] T. Nees & Eberm). The research leads to the conclusion that Anthimus’ literary advice is based on his in-depth medical knowledge, which not only included a theory borrowed from a number of authorities but also resulted from his personal therapeutic experience.

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Zhu, Feng-Lan. "Evaluation of therapeutic effects of Chinese materia medica by tongue image analysis software 1.0 based on tongue colors." Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine 4, no. 2 (March 15, 2006): 152–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3736/jcim20060209.

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Nishteswar, K., and Vidhya Unnikrishnan. "HERBAL MONOTHERAPY OF SIDHASARASAMHITA." Journal of Critical Reviews 4, no. 1 (January 19, 2017): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.22159/jcr.2016v3i4.11216.

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Sidhasarasamhita is one of the important texts of Indian traditional medical literature. The exact period of the work is unknown, but according to the available evidence the work may be placed in the 8th century AD. Ravigupta’s distinctive contribution to Ayurvedic literature seems to have been the arrangement of the traditional knowledge into 31 chapters, each dealing with a different subject. The author of sidhasarasamhita included many single and simple recipes useful in particular disease conditions. In total 151 single drug recipes are included in Sidhasarasamhita. After a thorough analysis of the Charakasamhita, Susruthasamhita and works of Vaghbata 16 recipes were noted, which may be considered as the contributions of Ravigupta to the Ayurvedic materia medica. It appears that medieval ayurvedic compendia have religiously followed Sidhasarasamhita in formulating various therapeutic recipes.

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Breathnach, Caoimhghín S. "Jonathan Osborne (1794–1864) MD FRCPI: A crypto-neurologist." Journal of Medical Biography 17, no. 3 (August 2009): 144–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jmb.2009.009029.

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Summary Jonathan Osborne was born in Dublin and educated in Trinity College Dublin, where he became Professor of Materia Medica. As physician to Sir Patrick Dun's and Mercer Hospitals he reported extensively on those patients who came under his care. In his native city he is remembered for the instruments he devised, for his studies on dropsies (particularly albuminuric nephritis), and for his therapeutic approach to epilepsy and neuralgia. It is his thorough analysis of a patient with conduction aphasia in 1833, however, which has stood the test of time.

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Gypser, Klaus-Henning. "Two acute cases." British Homeopathic Journal 76, no. 03 (July 1987): 145–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0007-0785(87)80062-5.

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AbstractTwo acute cases are reported. The first gave verification of a symptom which occurred in the proving of Nux vomica, i.e. ‘pain in forehead extending to root of nose’. The second demonstrated the action of Manganum after Rhus toxicodendron had failed which was seemingly indicated. This was an astonishing result, because the symptoms of Manganum repertorized with the aid of Boenninghausen's Therapeutic Pocket Book could not be clearly identified in the materia medica. Apparently Boenninghausen was right when he said that his Pocket Book ‘opened a way into the wide fields of combinations’.

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Alehaideb, Zeyad, Nimer Mehyar, Mai Al Ajaji, Mohammed Alassiri, Manal Alaamery, Bader Al Debasi, Bandar Alghanem, et al. "KAIMRC’S Second Therapeutics Discovery Conference." Proceedings 43, no. 1 (April 29, 2020): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020043006.

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Following the success of our first therapeutic discovery conference in 2017 and the selection of King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (KAIMRC) as the first Phase 1 clinical site in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we organized our second conference in partnership with leading institutions in academic drug discovery, which included the Structural Genomic Constorium (Oxford, UK), Fraunhofer (Germany) and Institute Material Medica (China); the participation of members of the American Drug Discovery Consterium; European Biotech companies; and local pharma companies, SIPMACO and SudairPharma. In addition, we had European and Northern American venture capital experts attending and presenting at the conference. The purpose of the conference was to bridge the gap between biotech, pharma and academia regarding drug discovery and development. Its aim primarily was to: (a) bring together world experts on academic drug discovery to discuss and propose new approaches to discover and develop new therapies; (b) establish a permanent platform for scientific exchange between academia and the biotech and pharmaceutical industries; (c) entice national and international investors to consider funding drugs discovered in academia; (d) educate the population about the causes of diseases, approaches to prevent them from happening and their cure; (e) attract talent to consider the drug discovery track for their studies and career. During the conference, we discussed the unique academic drug discovery disrupting business models, which can make their discoveries easily accessible in an open source mode. This unique model accelerates the dissemination of knowledge to all world scientists to guide them in their research. This model is aimed at bringing effective and affordable medicine to all mankind in a very short time. Moreover, the program discussed rare disease targets, orphan drug discovery, immunotherapy discovery and process, the role of bioinformatics in drug discovery, anti-infective drug discovery in the era of bad bugs, natural products as a source of novel drugs and innovative drug formulation and delivery. Additionally, as the conference was organized during the surge of the epidemic, we dedicated the first day (25 February) to coronavirus science, detection and therapy. The day was co-organized with the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(KSA) Ministry of Education to announce the grant winner for infectious diseases. Simultaneously, intensive courses were delivered to junior scientists on the principle of drug discovery, immunology and clinical trials, as well as rare diseases. The second therapeutics discovery forum provided a platform for interactive knowledge sharing and the convergence of researchers, governments, pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, hospitals and non-profit organizations on the topic of academic drug discovery. The event presented showcases on global drug discovery initiatives and demonstrated how collaborations are leading to successful new therapies. In line with the KSA 2030 vision on becoming world leaders with an innovative economy and healthy population, therapeutic discovery is becoming an area of interest to science leaders in the kingdom, and our conference gave us the opportunity to identity key areas of interest as well as potential future collaborations.

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Wu, Di-Yao, Xin-You Zhang, and Xiao-Ling Zhou. "Mining and Correlation Analysis of Association Rules between Properties and Therapeutic Efficacy of Chinese Materia Medica Based on Strategy Pattern." Chinese Medical Journal 131, no. 22 (November 2018): 2755–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0366-6999.245262.

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Benedetti, Fabrizio. "Placebo and the New Physiology of the Doctor-Patient Relationship." Physiological Reviews 93, no. 3 (July 2013): 1207–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00043.2012.

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Modern medicine has progressed in parallel with the advancement of biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology. By using the tools of modern medicine, the physician today can treat and prevent a number of diseases through pharmacology, genetics, and physical interventions. Besides this materia medica, the patient's mind, cognitions, and emotions play a central part as well in any therapeutic outcome, as investigated by disciplines such as psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology. This review describes recent findings that give scientific evidence to the old tenet that patients must be both cured and cared for. In fact, we are today in a good position to investigate complex psychological factors, like placebo effects and the doctor-patient relationship, by using a physiological and neuroscientific approach. These intricate psychological factors can be approached through biochemistry, anatomy, and physiology, thus eliminating the old dichotomy between biology and psychology. This is both a biomedical and a philosophical enterprise that is changing the way we approach and interpret medicine and human biology. In the first case, curing the disease only is not sufficient, and care of the patient is of tantamount importance. In the second case, the philosophical debate about the mind-body interaction can find some important answers in the study of placebo effects. Therefore, maybe paradoxically, the placebo effect and the doctor-patient relationship can be approached by using the same biochemical, cellular and physiological tools of the materia medica, which represents an epochal transition from general concepts such as suggestibility and power of mind to a true physiology of the doctor-patient interaction.

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Bjørklund, Geir, and Olha Storchylo. "Bufo Rana in Homeopathy: Potentization, Toxicology, Clinical Consequences, and Therapeutic Use." ARS Medica Tomitana 29, no. 1 (February 1, 2023): 25–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/arsm-2023-0005.

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Abstract Homeopathy, an alternative treatment method based on the principle of “like cures like,” has gained attention in recent years. This paper focuses on Bufo Rana, a homeopathic remedy prepared from the poison of the Bufo toad. We explore the process of potentization and dosage in homeopathy, discussing the various potencies and the influence of Avogadro’s number. Furthermore, we provide an overview of Bufo species, their historical depictions in art, and the toxicological properties of bufotenine, tryptamine, and bufotoxin found in Bufo toads. The clinical consequences of the Bufo species’ venom, including neurological manifestations and cardiac arrhythmias, and the therapeutic use of Bufo Rana in mental and neurological conditions are discussed. We summarize Bufo Rana’s symptoms and therapeutic relationships based on William Boericke’s materia medica. Further research is warranted to investigate the efficacy and safety of Bufo Rana and its role in treating specific conditions.

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Xie, Chengkun. "Study on the Classification and Publication of Dahe Materia Medica—Focusing on the Comparison with Compendium of Materia Medica." Journal of Education, Teaching and Social Studies 4, no. 1 (March 3, 2022): p43. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/jetss.v4n1p43.

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The development of modern Japanese materia medica began with the passing of the Book Compendium of Materia Medica to Japan. With the spread and popularity of compendium of Materia Medica and the influence of Confucian thoughts such as “learning from things to know”, Beiyuan Yixuan, a Confucianist, herbalist and naturalist, has become Japan’s first original materia medica natural history work - Daiwa materia medica. Among them, there are 772 kinds collected from compendium of Materia Medica, except for the parts not owned by Japan, 203 kinds collected from other bibliographies, 358 kinds produced in Japan and 29 kinds imported from the Netherlands. A total of 1362 varieties were collected. This paper intends to analyze the origin relationship between compendium of Materia Medica and Da he materia medica. The investigation of Da he materia medica has important reference value for exploring the influence of compendium of Materia Medica on its eastward transmission to Japan and re examining the significance of the translation, introduction and dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine culture with traditional Chinese Medicine Classics as the carrier abroad.

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Kratimenos, Marysia. "Concordant Materia Medica." British Homeopathic Journal 87, no. 04 (October 1998): 228–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/homp.1999.0201.

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Fraser, Peter. "Hagiographic Materia Medica." Homœopathic Links 31, no. 01 (March 2018): 005–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1637756.

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AbstractThe medieval practice of invoking the intercession of particular Saints bears a fundamental similarity to the principles of homeopathy. The Golden Legend ‘Lives of the Saints’ is akin to our Materia Medica. Some remedy pictures connect to a Saint's story and understanding that story helps in understanding the remedy.

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Nash, Linda. "Comment: Materia Medica." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 92, no. 1 (2018): 50–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/bhm.2018.0002.

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Liu, Baoshan, Tong Liu, Xiaohong Wang, Xin Zheng, Hong Wang, and Lin Ma. "Effects of Guchang Capsule on Dextran Sulphate Sodium-Induced Experimental Ulcerative Colitis in Mice." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016 (2016): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3150651.

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Guchang capsule (GC) is a Chinese materia medica standardized product extracted from 15 Chinese traditional medical herbs and it has been clinically used in the treatment of intestinal disease. In this study, in order to extend the research of GC in intestinal disease, we were aiming to evaluate potential effects of GC on dextran sulphate sodium- (DSS-) induced murine experimental colitis and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. GC treatment attenuated DSS-induced body weight loss and reduced the mortality. Moreover, GC treatment prevented DSS-induced colonic pathological damage; meanwhile it inhibited proinflammatory cytokines production in colon tissues.In vitro, GC significantly reduced LPS-induced proinflammatory cytokines production via inhibiting the activation of NF-κB in macrophage cells, and the expressions of several long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) which were reported in regulating NF-κB signaling pathway were obviously affected by adding GC into culture medium. In conclusion, our data suggested that administration of GC exhibits therapeutic effects on DSS-induced colitis partially through regulating the expression of NF-κB related lncRNAs in infiltrating immune cells.

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Parviz Tavassoli, Amir, Majid Anushiravani, Seyed Mousalreza Hoseini, Zahra Nikakhtar, Hamideh Naghedi Baghdar, Mahin Ramezani, Zahra Ayati, Mohammad Sadegh Amiri, Amirhossein Sahebkar, and Seyed Ahmad Emami. "Phytochemistry and therapeutic effects of Alhagi spp. and tarangabin in the Traditional and modern medicine: a review." Journal of Herbmed Pharmacology 9, no. 2 (February 21, 2020): 86–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/jhp.2020.13.

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Alhagi maurorum is one of the species of Alhagi genus producing manna of Tarangabin. Tarangabin is mainly prepared in Iran and Afghanistan. The medicinal properties of Tarangabin and A. maurorum have been mentioned in some major Materia Medica manuscripts in the Islamic era. Tarangabin has various pharmacological properties including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, analgesic and gastrointestinal effects. The purpose of this review is to introduce Alhagi plant and its different species, to present its geographical distribution, and to review its phytochemical and pharmacological properties as well as traditional and folklore applications. Phytochemistry of different parts of Alhagi, such as root, leaf and manna is also explained in details. In addition, temperament and medicinal uses of Tarangabin mentioned in the Islamic traditional medicine (ITM) books are presented. Indeed, sparse clinical research has been done on the medicinal properties of Tarangabin, which calls for future well-designed trials.

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Attendorf, Plange zu. "J.G. Rademacher's Materia medica." Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung 200, no. 08 (April 14, 2007): 241–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2006-934727.

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Zauner, B. "Materia medica: Natrum sulfuratum." Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie 43, no. 05 (March 30, 2007): 187–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2006-938744.

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Retzek, H. "Sankaran's Situational Materia Medica." British Homoeopathic journal 83, no. 4 (October 1994): 235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0007-0785(05)80815-4.

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Patel, Ramanlal. "Korrektur der Materia medica." Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie 60, no. 01 (May 11, 2016): 21–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1357726.

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Nicklas, Jürgen. "Materia Medica Revision: Alumina." Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie 58, no. 04 (December 15, 2014): 198–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1395808.

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Gao, Ruiying. "Creating through Copying: Materia Medica, Women Painters, and Late Ming Culture." Ming Qing Yanjiu 27, no. 2 (March 5, 2024): 107–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24684791-12340073.

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Abstract In the late Ming, illustrated materia medica works became increasingly salient among educated elites in the Jiangnan area. This article analyzes two hand-illustrated treatises, Jinshi kunchong caomu zhuang and Bencao tupu, and the cultural contexts of their production. The interplays between copying and editing and image-text relationships in the two works provide insight into how materia medica was exploited as a pictorial subject for ideas about the human-nature dynamic. I demonstrate that materia medica images represented symbolic possession of the natural world and thus served as a maker of social distinction. I also shed light on the perpetuated tradition of making images of materia medica as an intellectual practice. My examinations of materia medica images by women artists also challenge the correlations between gender and representations of flora and fauna in the historiography of Chinese paintings.

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Gupta, Aparajita, and Sachin Pandey. "A review on pharmacological activity of terminalia chebula." Indian Journal of Microbiology Research 9, no. 3 (October 15, 2022): 153–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.18231/j.ijmr.2022.028.

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Since the beginning of civilization, people have used medicinal herbs to treat illnesses. Medicinal plants, which are valued as plentiful sources of folk medicine, are the source of many contemporary pharmaceuticals. is used in several ayurvedic formulations and may have therapeutic benefits. Retz. (Family Combretaceae) is frequently at the top of the list of "Ayurvedic Materia Medica" and is referred to as the "King of Medicine" in Tibet due to its exceptional healing abilities, popularly referred to as "Harar". The entire plant is very restorative and has historically been used to treat a variety of human illnesses. Folklore claims that this plant was used to heal a variety of ailments, including gout, asthma, sore throats, bleeding piles, ulcers, hiccoughs, diarrhoea, and dysentery. Numerous pharmacological and therapeutic actions of the plant have been identified, including anti-inflammatory, anti-mutagenic, anti-proliferative, radioprotective, cardioprotective, anti-arthritic, and qualities that increase gastrointestinal motility. We have looked into the phyto-pharmacological characteristics of the plant and compiled its varied pharmacological uses in this review in order to comprehend and synthesise the issue of potential role as a multifunctional therapeutic agent.

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Joshi, Pallavi, Prem Prakash Vyas, and Harish Kumar Singhal. "A CRITICAL APPRAISAL ON SUVARNA (GOLD) BHASMA." International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 14, no. 5 (October 31, 2023): 58–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.7897/2277-4343.1405146.

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The Ayurveda system of medicine has appreciable antiquity, dating back to about 5000 years B.C. Materia Medica of Ayurveda contains resources in the form of drugs derived from plant, animal, metal, and mineral sources. Gold is found in the form of fine gold dust, red colloidal solution, Suvarnapatra, Suvarnabhasma, Suvarnaparpati, Kharaliya (triturated) formulations, and Sindoorkalpa. These are used in single or in combination form along with Ghrita and Madhu (honey) to enhance Medhya (intellect) and Rasayana (rejuvenation). Bhasmas are Ayurvedic metal-based preparations manufactured through various steps along with the use of certain herbs. Thus converting raw metal into its therapeutic active form known as Suvarna Bhasma. This Suvarna Bhasama is a traditional Ayurvedic medicine that contains nano and colloidal gold particles. In this review article, the author tries to gather all available information on gold that establishes its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-carcinogenic, anti-rheumatic and antioxidant properties through published research articles and experimental and clinical studies.

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Suwandani, Yermi Bryan, Prima Dewi Kusumawati, and Agusta Dian Ellina. "Effect of Leadership, Work Engagement, and Giving Reward on Employee Performance in the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory." International Journal of Science and Healthcare Research 8, no. 4 (October 23, 2023): 124–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20230417.

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The purpose of this research is to analyze effect of leadership, work engagement, and giving reward on employee performance in the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory. The design of this research is quantitative observational research with a cross sectional approach. Population in this study are 105 employees at the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory. Sample in this study are 101 respondents taken using purposive random sampling technique. Data analysis uses multiple linear regression analysis via partial (t) test. The research results show that leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee performance in the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory. Work engagement has a positive and significant effect on employee performance in the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory. Giving reward has a positive and significant effect on employee performance in the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory. Keywords: Leadership, Work Engagement, Giving Reward, Employee Performance

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Holzapfel, Klaus. "Heilungsgewissheit aus der Materia medica." Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie 53, no. 03 (September 2009): 124–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1213560.

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Wichmann, Jörg. "Eine Grammatik der Materia medica." Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung 261, no. 06 (December 22, 2016): 16–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-115958.

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Klunker, W. "Wahlanzeigende Symptome und Materia medica." Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie 32, no. 02 (April 2, 2007): 47–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2006-938258.

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Holzapfel, Klaus. "Heilungsgewissheit aus der Materia medica." Zeitschrift für Klassische Homöopathie 54, no. 02 (June 2010): 60–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0029-1242604.

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Schroyens, F. "Integrating repertory and materia medica." Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung 262, no. 02 (March 21, 2017): 2–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1601203.

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Keller, G. v. "Proposed repertory with materia medica." British Homoeopathic journal 82, no. 1 (January 1993): 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0007-0785(05)80964-0.

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Gypser, K. H. "Need for new materia medica." British Homoeopathic journal 81, no. 4 (October 1992): 217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0007-0785(05)80198-x.

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Millemann, Jacques. "Materia medica der homöopathischen Veterinärmedizin." Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 148, no. 4 (April 1, 2006): 214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/0036-7281.148.4.214a.

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Cavender, Anthony, Vivian Gonzales Gladson, Jorja Cummings, and Michele Hammet. "Curanderismo in Appalachia: The Use of Remedios Caseros among Latinos in Northeastern Tennessee." Journal of Appalachian Studies 17, no. 1-2 (April 1, 2011): 144–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/41446939.

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Abstract This paper examines the relatively recent manifestation of curanderismo (Latino traditional medical beliefs and practices) in Southern Appalachia. Specific attention is given to the use of remedios caseros (home remedies), as reported by seventy-two Latino residents in northeastern Tennessee, and the associated adaptations Latinos have made to access traditional materia medica (medical materials). The interviews revealed extensive use of remedios caseros and knowledge of a broad range of traditional materia medica. Previous studies on Latino dependence on remedios caseros in the U. S. have focused almost exclusively on the use of medicinal plants. This investigation expands our knowledge of Latino folk materia medica by including the use of animal substances and processed materials. The remarkably strong correspondence between Latino and Southern Appalachian folk materia medica and similarities in their use is also discussed.

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Gaudillière, Jean-Paul. "Herbalised Ayurveda?" Asian Medicine 9, no. 1-2 (December 11, 2014): 171–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15734218-12341294.

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This paper discusses one dimension of the contemporary industrialisation of ayurvedic medicine, namely the new centrality given to the collection, combination, and mass-manipulation of herbal therapeutic material. The aim is to highlight the process of ‘pharmaceuticalisation’, too often and wrongly taken as synonymous of a form of alignment of Ayurveda with biomedicine, its categories, and practices. Within this context, pharmaceuticalisation refers to the creation of a new world of professionals beside ayurvedic doctors, often personnel of the industry, whose role is to handle the material (rather than the clinical) dimensions of polyherbal preparations. This management of plants includes multiple dimensions: documentation of their uses, experimental research on their composition and properties, design of new simplified combinations, mass-production of ready-made specialties, and marketing. In other words, it encompasses all the attributes of pharmacy as it developed in Europe, but with the major caveat that this pharmacy has little to do with chemistry, pure substances, and molecules, since it focuses on plants, their combination, and their value as materia medica. The paper focuses on the series of institutions, policies, and practices regarding plant management that have emerged since 2000 with a special interests in a) the ways ‘old’ settings like the botanical garden have taken the turn toward industrial Ayurveda; b) how the operations of ‘new’ institutions, such as the National Medicinal Plant Board, have been mandated to foster supply of as well as research on ‘prioritised’ species.

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Fansia, Risca Damayanti, Indasah ., and Rahmania Ambarika. "Effect of Availability of a Variety of Herbal Medicine Product, Price, and Decision to Purchase Herbal Medicine Product on Consumer Repurchase Intention in the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory." International Journal of Science and Healthcare Research 8, no. 4 (October 24, 2023): 119–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20230416.

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The purpose of this research is to analyze effect of availability of a variety of herbal medicine product, price, and decision to purchase herbal medicine product on consumer repurchase intention in the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory. This research is quantitative in nature using an observational research plan in a cross-sectional manner. Population in this study are consumers who purchased herbal medicine product at the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory with a sample of 100 respondents taken using a simple random sampling technique. In this research, multiple linear regression analysis is used. The research results showed that availability of a variety of herbal medicine product has a positive and significant effect consumer repurchase intention in the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory. Price has a positive and significant effect consumer repurchase intention in the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory. Decision to purchase herbal medicine product has a positive and significant effect consumer repurchase intention in the Technical Implementation Unit of the Herbal Materia Medica Laboratory. Keywords: Availability, Price, Decision to Purchase, Consumer Repurchase Intention

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Wu, Zhulin, Lina Yang, Li He, Lianan Wang, and Lisheng Peng. "Systematic Elucidation of the Potential Mechanisms of Core Chinese Materia Medicas in Treating Liver Cancer Based on Network Pharmacology." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2020 (April 24, 2020): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4763675.

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Objective. In this study, the data mining method was used to screen the core Chinese materia medicas (CCMMs) against primary liver cancer (PLC), and the potential mechanisms of CCMMs in treating PLC were analyzed based on network pharmacology. Methods. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescriptions for treating PLC were obtained from a famous TCM doctor in Shenzhen, China. According to the data mining technique, the TCM Inheritance Support System (TCMISS) was applied to excavate the CCMMs in the prescriptions. Then, bioactive ingredients and corresponding targets of CCMMs were collected using three different TCM online databases, and target genes of PLC were obtained from GeneCards and OMIM. Afterwards, common targets of CCMMs and PLC were screened. Furthermore, a network of CCMMs bioactive ingredients and common target gene was constructed by Cytoscape 3.7.1, and gene ontology (GO) and signaling pathways analyses were performed to explain the mechanism of CCMMs in treating PLC. Besides, protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis was used to identify key target genes of CCMMs, and the prognostic value of key target genes was verified using survival analysis. Results. A total of 15 high-frequency Chinese materia medica combinations were found, and CCMMs (including Paeoniae Radix Alba, Radix Bupleuri, Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Coicis Semen, Poria, and Curcumae Radix) were identified by TCMISS. A total of 40 bioactive ingredients (e.g., quercetin, kaempferol, and naringenin) of CCMMs were obtained, and 202 common target genes of CCMMs and PLC were screened. GO analysis indicated that biological processes of CCMMs were mainly involved in response to drug, response to ethanol, etc. Pathway analysis demonstrated that CCMMs exerted its antitumor effects by acting on multiple signaling pathways, including PI3K-Akt, TNF, and MAPK pathways. Also, some key target genes of CCMMs were determined by PPI analysis, and four genes (MAPK3, VEGFA, EGF, and EGFR) were found to be correlated with survival in PLC patients. Conclusion. Based on data mining and network pharmacology methods, our results showed that the therapeutic effect of CCMMs on PLC may be realized by acting on multitargets and multipathways related to the occurrence and development of PLC.

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Wei, Xiuling, Minghui Sun, Huaiyuan Zheng, An Yan, Yuxin Wei, Xuehai Wei, Shibo Zhao, and Yunqi Liu. "Research Progress on Traditional Medicine, Chemical Composition and Pharmacological Activity of Pine Pollen." Current Research in Medical Sciences 2, no. 3 (September 2023): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.56397/crms.2023.09.02.

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In traditional Chinese medicine, “pine yellow” and “pine flower” are the pollen of Pinaceae, commonly Pinus Massoniana Lamb or Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. The pollen of Pinus Massoniana Lamb or Pinus tabulaeformis Carr is common. Pine flower is a unique species of medicinal and edible pollen in the Chinese pharmacopoeia, and is commonly found in ancient Chinese medical and herbal texts, such as “Derivatives of the Materia Medica”, “Classical Materia Medica”, and “Compendium of the Materia Medica”. In this paper, we review the source, history of traditional medicine, and progress of research on pharmacological activity of Chinese pine pollen in order to provide reference for better research on its value.

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