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Therapeutic system of science-based medicine.

a. Rational Phytotherapy
b. Traditional Phytotherapy
c. Homoeopathy
a. Rational Phytotherapy
A therapeutic system derived from the traditional use of plants.

a. Rational Phytotherapy
b. Traditional Phytotherapy
c. Homoeopathy
b. Traditional Phytotherapy
A therapeutic system with its own concepts, not scientifically based.

a. Rational Phytotherapy
b. Traditional Phytotherapy
c. Homoeopathy
c. Homoeopathy
Which of the following has a dose-effect relationship that usually applies: a larger dose will usually have a more powerful effect?

a. Rational Phytotherapy
b. Traditional Phytotherapy
c. Homoeopathy
d. a and b
e, a and c
d. a and b

Rational Phytotherapy
Traditional Phytotherapy
Which of the following says the strength of the effect increases with increasing dilution?

a. Rational Phytotherapy
b. Traditional Phytotherapy
c. Homoeopathy
c. Homoeopathy
What is the term called in homoeopathy that means that the strength of the effect increases with increasing dilution?
dynamisation
Which of the following has clinical and pharmacological evidence of efficacy available?

a. Rational Phytotherapy
b. Traditional Phytotherapy
c. Homoeopathy
a. Rational Phytotherapy
Which of the following has clinical and pharmacological evidence of efficacy usually lacking?

a. Rational Phytotherapy
b. Traditional Phytotherapy
c. Homoeopathy
b. Traditional Phytotherapy
Cort,
Cortex
Bark
Fol.
Folium, folia
leaf, leaves
Frct.
Fructus
Fruit
Pericarp.
Pericarpium
Peel
Rad.
Radix
Root
Rhiz.
Rhizome
Rhizome
Sem.
Semen
Seed
Flor.
Flores
Flowers
Cort.
bark
Fol.
leaves, leaf
Frct.
fruit
pericarp.
peel
Rad.
Root
Sem.
seed
Flor.
flowers
What are some standard potencies that are marketed usually for dilutions?
6X to 30X
but you may see 30C or more...
What are marker substances?
Chemically defined constituents of herbal drugs of interest for control purposes only.
True or False?

Marker substances may be dependent of whether they have any therapeutic activity or not
False

Marker substances may be INdependent of whether they have any therapeutic activity or not
True or False?

When constituents responsible for therapeutic activity is unknown, assays of other determinants are required.
True

AND appropriateness of marker substances should be justified
What is standardization?
All measures during manufacturing process and quality control to yield reproducibility.
Standardization includes what?
Adjusting herbal drug or derived preparation to a defined content of a constituent or a group of substances with known therapeutic activity
- Add excipients
- Mix herbal drugs or derived preparations
Which of the following involves
- collection at controlled sites
- collection at the appropriate stage in lifecycle
- collection under dry conditions

a. controlling wild collections
b. controlling post collections
c. propagation for cultivation
d. cultivation
a. controlling wild collections
What involves the following?
- pooling of material
- cleaning
- drying
- preliminary processing (aging, steaming, soaking)

a. controlling wild collections
b. controlling post collections
c. processing
d. cultivation
b. controlling post collections
What does cultivation involve?
- Cultivation conditions and time of harvesting must be optimal and under grower's control.
- input of all agrochemicals must be under tight control
- any adulteration must be excluded
What does processing involve?
standardized as much as possible
(drying, storing, chopping, sorting)
What does propagation for cultivation involve?
homozygous seed material or cloned plants derived from plants bred for optimal substance concentration
What are the req'ments that are in the 2007 GMP (Good manufacturing practices) rules?
- Design and construction of physical maintenance plants
- Proper manufacturing operations
- Quality-control procedures
- Testing final products
- Handling consumer complaints