Ethnomedicine: Traditional Healing and Medical Anthropology
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Modern drug --- Traditional medicinal use --- Plant source:
- Aspirin --- Reduces pain and inflammations --- Filipendula ulmaria
- Codeine --- Eases pain, suppresses cough --- Papaver somniferum
- Ipecac --- Controls vomiting --- Psychotria ipecacuanha
- Pilocarpine --- Reduces pressure in the eyes --- Pilocarpus jaborandi
- Ephidrine --- Reduces nasal congestion --- Ephedra sinica
- Quinine --- Combats malaria --- Cinchona pubescens
- Reserpine --- Lowers blood pressure --- Rauvolfia serpentina
- Scopolamine --- Eases motion sickness --- Datura stramonium
- Theophyllin --- Opens bronchial passage --- Catharanthus roseus
- Diosgenin --- Contraceptive --- Dioscorea floribunda
- Digitoxin --- Dropsy, relieves heart congestion --- Digitalis purpurea
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