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Abstract
Chinese herbal or plant extracts which are used as drugs to treat diseases or promote general well-being. The concept does not include synthesized compounds manufactured in China.
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Synonyms
6 entry terms
- Chinese Drugs, Plant
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal
- Herbal Drugs, Chinese
- Plant Extracts, Chinese
- Chinese Plant Extracts
- Extracts, Chinese Plant
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Aspects Covered
18 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.
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Indexing Annotation
drugs used in MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL or MEDICINE, KAMPO not synthetic drugs manufactured in China; Chinese names of these drugs not capitalized in titles or translations; TN J: indexing instructions
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Previous Indexing
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional (1975-1987)
- Medicine, Oriental Traditional (1967-1974)
- Plant Extracts (1967-1987)
- Plants, Medicinal (1966-1987)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chinese Herbal Drugs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004365. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004365
- Chinese Herbal Drugs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67175105