Herb medicine

Herb medicineIt is general term of the chemicals which it uses (it does and the ょ う anther, galenicals) with without refining the active ingredient from the product which has the medicinal effect which exists naturally. With medicine thing method of Japan it handles the herb medicine as the medical supply, but with European and America law the active ingredient which was refined from the herb medicine although it recognizes, as the medical supply has not recognized as for the herb medicine itself which is those raw materials as the medical supply. Therefore, pointing to the herb medicine, when it calls not yet refining medicine Crude Drug and displays, is used with private handing down and the like it calls medicinal herb herbal medicine and there is many also a thing which is displayed. As for the herb medicine in Japan, it is all of the medicine which is used in the oriental medical care of Chinese medicine prescription and the harmony medicine etc. of private handing down, but because influence of Chinese medicine medical science is large, when the herb medicine and the herb medicine are classed, it is many.

Those of plant origin, those of animal origin and those of mineral origin are included in the natural product which becomes the herb medicine. And like the 貼 medicine when while it is that you use the technical product, it is, but in many cases after the decoction and the extract medicine and the tincture etc. processing, it uses as the chemicals. Like western medical science there are no any which it uses as the injection medicine they take as the oral medicine or the 貼 medicine.

It is the official medicine menu in JapanThe Japanese pharmaceutical codexSo, portion and the herb medicine formulation of the herb medicine are 載 taking in the second section, those which approve the medicinal effect component with the method of being stated in pharmaceutical codex are used as the medical supply. Namely, everything of herb medicineThe Japanese pharmaceutical codexSo it is not the case that it is recognized.

As for the herb medicine from the fact that they are natural ones, the medicinal effect component which is contained is not fixed, is the same plant and as for the component when it changes, it is many depending upon the area of production and cultivation method or crop condition. For example when the medicinal carrot is taken as example, those of the Korean Peninsula product are done the "ginseng" and the "Empire of Korea carrot" and the inscription う drooping, the treasure, but domestic ones which are introduced are called "the kind carrot" from the Korean Peninsula and it is regarded that case goes down.

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