Herbal / Herbalsm
Herbalism is the traditional approach to healing that is characterized by the use of plants, or substances derived from plants, to treat various diseases or to improve the functioning of body systems.
Definition of Traditional Medicine
Traditional medicine is a drug traditionally processed, hereditary, based on the recipes of ancestors, customs, beliefs, or local custom, both magic and traditional knowledge. According to the present research, traditional medicines are beneficial to health, and now intensified its use because it is easier to reach the public, both price and availability. Traditional medicine is widely used today because, according to some studies no side effects, because they can be digested by the body.
Some companies cultivate traditional medicines which are then modified to further. Part of traditional medicine that can be used are the roots, rhizomes, stems, fruits, leaves and flowers. That many forms of traditional medicine sold in the market is in the form of capsules, powders, liquids, crude drugs and tablets. Drugs that are circulating now is not separated from the development of drugs in the past. We need to know that the drug discovery antiquity came from that made by early humans. Usually called "Empirical". Empirical means based on the experience and stored and developed by generations until the so-called People's Medical Sciences , or commonly called Traditional Medicine (Jamu).
However, not all drugs "start" of its history as an anti-sickness drug. There is also a drug that was originally used as a poison like strychnine and curare used as (poison arrows) by the inhabitants of the interior of Africa. The most famous example is the nitrogen mustard (originally used as a toxic gas when the first world war) as a cancer drug.
Already a lot of chemicals that can be isolated, such as ephedrine (ma huang plant - Ephedra vulgaris), digoxin (digitalis lanata), genistein (soy) and other. Only about at the beginning of the 20th century, synthetic chemical drugs began to "appear". And aspirin is one indicator of the progress of the current synthetic chemical drugs. In 1935 a breakthrough occurred in the discovery and use of chemotherapeutic sulfanilamid followed penicillin in 1940. As known, traditionally, in fact ulcers can be cured by covering the wound with a molds wearing of certain types , but only about 1928 new properties were investigated scientifically by Dr. Alexander Fleming. From the research of Dr. Alexander Fleming, penicillin was found.
Since then, thousands of synthetic substances found (estimated around 500 substances per year), It made progress in the field of Pharmacotherapy increased rapidly.
In general, most drugs are "ancient" have been abandoned in favor of drugs that are more "modern". But it does not mean that modern medicine can "relax", because the next competition is between the members of modern medicine. Because modern medicine can be replaced with modern medicine newer and more efficacious and more effective. Even so, it is estimated more than 78% of drugs in circulation today is the result of the discovery of the past three decades.
Pharmacology of Traditional Medicine
Classification of Traditional Medicine
Drug classification above is a modern chemical-based drugs, but also known drugs of natural origin, commonly known as traditional medicine. Indonesian traditional medicine was originally only be divided into two groups, namely the traditional or herbal medicine and phytopharmaca. However, with the development of technology, it has created high-tech equipment that helps the production process, so the medicinal industry and pharmaceutical industry capable of making herbal medicine in the form of extracts. Currently traditional medicine can be grouped into three, namely herbs, medicinal natural extracts, and fitofarmaka.
Jamu (Empirical based herbal medicine) :
Herbal medicine is a traditional medicine traditionally provided, for example in the form of infusion powder, pills and liquids containing whole plant material into constituent of herbal medicine and is used traditionally. In general, this type are made with reference to the ancestral heritage recipes compiled from a variety of medicinal plants which is quite a lot, ranging between 5-10 kinds of even more. Forms of herbs do not require scientific proof to the clinical, but simply by empirical evidence. Herbs that have been used for generations for decades if not centuries, has proven safety and efficacy directly to specific health purposes.
Scientific based herbal medicine. Standardized Herbal medicine is a traditional medicine that is served from the extract or the liquefaction of natural ingredients which can be either a medicinal plant, animal, and mineral elements. To carry out these processes require equipment that is more complex and expensive, coupled with a workforce that supports the knowledge and skills of making extracts.
In addition to the production process with advanced technology, this type generally been supported by scientific evidence in the form of pre-clinical studies nutritious ingredients such as standard, the standard manufacture of medicinal plant extracts, standard hygienic manufacture of traditional medicine, and chronic toxicity test.
Fitofarmaka (Clinical based herbal medicine)
Is a form of traditional medicine from natural materials that can be compared with modern medicine because of the manufacturing process that has been standardized, supported by scientific evidence through clinical trials on humans. With the clinical trial will be to convince the medical profession to use herbal medicine in health care facilities. People can also be encouraged to use herbal medications because benefits are clear with scientific evidence.
Definition of Traditional Medicine
Traditional medicine is a drug traditionally processed, hereditary, based on the recipes of ancestors, customs, beliefs, or local custom, both magic and traditional knowledge. According to the present research, traditional medicines are beneficial to health, and now intensified its use because it is easier to reach the public, both price and availability. Traditional medicine is widely used today because, according to some studies no side effects, because they can be digested by the body.
Some companies cultivate traditional medicines which are then modified to further. Part of traditional medicine that can be used are the roots, rhizomes, stems, fruits, leaves and flowers. That many forms of traditional medicine sold in the market is in the form of capsules, powders, liquids, crude drugs and tablets. Drugs that are circulating now is not separated from the development of drugs in the past. We need to know that the drug discovery antiquity came from that made by early humans. Usually called "Empirical". Empirical means based on the experience and stored and developed by generations until the so-called People's Medical Sciences , or commonly called Traditional Medicine (Jamu).
However, not all drugs "start" of its history as an anti-sickness drug. There is also a drug that was originally used as a poison like strychnine and curare used as (poison arrows) by the inhabitants of the interior of Africa. The most famous example is the nitrogen mustard (originally used as a toxic gas when the first world war) as a cancer drug.
Already a lot of chemicals that can be isolated, such as ephedrine (ma huang plant - Ephedra vulgaris), digoxin (digitalis lanata), genistein (soy) and other. Only about at the beginning of the 20th century, synthetic chemical drugs began to "appear". And aspirin is one indicator of the progress of the current synthetic chemical drugs. In 1935 a breakthrough occurred in the discovery and use of chemotherapeutic sulfanilamid followed penicillin in 1940. As known, traditionally, in fact ulcers can be cured by covering the wound with a molds wearing of certain types , but only about 1928 new properties were investigated scientifically by Dr. Alexander Fleming. From the research of Dr. Alexander Fleming, penicillin was found.
Since then, thousands of synthetic substances found (estimated around 500 substances per year), It made progress in the field of Pharmacotherapy increased rapidly.
In general, most drugs are "ancient" have been abandoned in favor of drugs that are more "modern". But it does not mean that modern medicine can "relax", because the next competition is between the members of modern medicine. Because modern medicine can be replaced with modern medicine newer and more efficacious and more effective. Even so, it is estimated more than 78% of drugs in circulation today is the result of the discovery of the past three decades.
Pharmacology of Traditional Medicine
Classification of Traditional Medicine
Drug classification above is a modern chemical-based drugs, but also known drugs of natural origin, commonly known as traditional medicine. Indonesian traditional medicine was originally only be divided into two groups, namely the traditional or herbal medicine and phytopharmaca. However, with the development of technology, it has created high-tech equipment that helps the production process, so the medicinal industry and pharmaceutical industry capable of making herbal medicine in the form of extracts. Currently traditional medicine can be grouped into three, namely herbs, medicinal natural extracts, and fitofarmaka.
Jamu (Empirical based herbal medicine) :
Herbal medicine is a traditional medicine traditionally provided, for example in the form of infusion powder, pills and liquids containing whole plant material into constituent of herbal medicine and is used traditionally. In general, this type are made with reference to the ancestral heritage recipes compiled from a variety of medicinal plants which is quite a lot, ranging between 5-10 kinds of even more. Forms of herbs do not require scientific proof to the clinical, but simply by empirical evidence. Herbs that have been used for generations for decades if not centuries, has proven safety and efficacy directly to specific health purposes.
Scientific based herbal medicine. Standardized Herbal medicine is a traditional medicine that is served from the extract or the liquefaction of natural ingredients which can be either a medicinal plant, animal, and mineral elements. To carry out these processes require equipment that is more complex and expensive, coupled with a workforce that supports the knowledge and skills of making extracts.
In addition to the production process with advanced technology, this type generally been supported by scientific evidence in the form of pre-clinical studies nutritious ingredients such as standard, the standard manufacture of medicinal plant extracts, standard hygienic manufacture of traditional medicine, and chronic toxicity test.
Fitofarmaka (Clinical based herbal medicine)
Is a form of traditional medicine from natural materials that can be compared with modern medicine because of the manufacturing process that has been standardized, supported by scientific evidence through clinical trials on humans. With the clinical trial will be to convince the medical profession to use herbal medicine in health care facilities. People can also be encouraged to use herbal medications because benefits are clear with scientific evidence.
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