Fitoterapia, sus orígenes, características y situación en Chile

Phytotherapy is defined as the use of medicinal plants for therapeutic purposes and it uses a variety of complex vegetal structures. In public health, it is considered a type of alternative medicine, in which auto medication with herbs is common and there is a lack of quality assurance of herbal pro...

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Autores principales: AVELLO L,MARCIA, CISTERNAS F,ISABEL
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2010
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720100011000142011-01-10Fitoterapia, sus orígenes, características y situación en ChileAVELLO L,MARCIACISTERNAS F,ISABEL Drug therapy Phytotherapy Plants medicinal Phytotherapy is defined as the use of medicinal plants for therapeutic purposes and it uses a variety of complex vegetal structures. In public health, it is considered a type of alternative medicine, in which auto medication with herbs is common and there is a lack of quality assurance of herbal products. While the World Health Organization is proposing strategies to include complementary and alternative therapies as public health tools, in Chile this type of therapy is emerging. There is a lack of interest and underestimation of conventional medicine towards popular knowledge. At the present time, the Chilean Ministry of Health has recognized 103 plants aiming to promote the use of medicinal plants that are registered and certifed, according to the regulations of the National Control System of Pharmaceutical Products. Therefore, health care professionals should be educated about the association between pharmaceutical products and medicinal plants. Consultation systems about Phytotherapy should also be available, information should be provided about where to purchase safe herbal products and publicity about these products should be regulated.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.138 n.10 20102010-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872010001100014es10.4067/S0034-98872010001100014
institution Scielo Chile
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language Spanish / Castilian
topic Drug therapy
Phytotherapy
Plants
medicinal
spellingShingle Drug therapy
Phytotherapy
Plants
medicinal
AVELLO L,MARCIA
CISTERNAS F,ISABEL
Fitoterapia, sus orígenes, características y situación en Chile
description Phytotherapy is defined as the use of medicinal plants for therapeutic purposes and it uses a variety of complex vegetal structures. In public health, it is considered a type of alternative medicine, in which auto medication with herbs is common and there is a lack of quality assurance of herbal products. While the World Health Organization is proposing strategies to include complementary and alternative therapies as public health tools, in Chile this type of therapy is emerging. There is a lack of interest and underestimation of conventional medicine towards popular knowledge. At the present time, the Chilean Ministry of Health has recognized 103 plants aiming to promote the use of medicinal plants that are registered and certifed, according to the regulations of the National Control System of Pharmaceutical Products. Therefore, health care professionals should be educated about the association between pharmaceutical products and medicinal plants. Consultation systems about Phytotherapy should also be available, information should be provided about where to purchase safe herbal products and publicity about these products should be regulated.
author AVELLO L,MARCIA
CISTERNAS F,ISABEL
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CISTERNAS F,ISABEL
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title Fitoterapia, sus orígenes, características y situación en Chile
title_short Fitoterapia, sus orígenes, características y situación en Chile
title_full Fitoterapia, sus orígenes, características y situación en Chile
title_fullStr Fitoterapia, sus orígenes, características y situación en Chile
title_full_unstemmed Fitoterapia, sus orígenes, características y situación en Chile
title_sort fitoterapia, sus orígenes, características y situación en chile
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
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