Colds: scientists discover the mechanism of action of thyme
Colds season: herbal medicines protect children against viruses and bacteria
Herbal medicines enjoy resurgence
Pharmacologists unravel the mechanism of action of St. John’s Wort
St. John’s Wort as effective as chemical antidepressants in long-term therapy too
Better quality of life thanks to non-hormonal therapy of menopausal symptoms
Phytotherapy researchers demand better general conditions The 4th Phytotherapy Congress recently took place in Berlin. It was a joint meeting of the German Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapy e.V., the Society for Phytotherapy e.V., the Society for Medicinal Plant Research e.V. and the Committee for Research into Natural Medicine e.V. During the congress, in addition to scientific results, the participants also discussed the current situation in phytotherapy research in Germany and passed a joint memorandum.
Kathrin Hohl and Wilhelm Gaus
Department of Biometry and Medical Documentation, University of Ulm, Germany
Objective
The objective of this bibliography was to consolidate the clinical aspects of interactions between herbal remedies and foods on one hand side and chemically defined drugs on the other side. Literature was retrieved by extended searches in a variety of electronic databases and hand-searched references in articles. Further, we received articles from the German drug authority BfArM and members of the BfArM’s Commision E responsible for phytotherapy. The search was constrained to publications between January 1989 and June 2004.
