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'''Materia medica''' is a traditional term for what is [[pharmacology]] in medicine, but, in National Library of Medicine usage (NLM), refers to "materials or substances used in the composition of traditional medical remedies.  NLM has broadened the term to include [[homeopathy|homeopathic preparations]], although it prefers to index them as '''homeopathy''', just as it prefers '''phytotherapy''' from materials traditionally prepared from plants. Broader than phytotherapy is '''pharmacognosy''', which draws from all natural sources, such as minerals as well as plants.
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'''Materia medica''' is a traditional term for what is now considered [[pharmacology]] in medicine, but, in National Library of Medicine usage (NLM), refers to "materials or substances used in the composition of traditional medical remedies.<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> NLM has broadened the term to include [[homeopathy|homeopathic preparations]], although it prefers to index them as '''homeopathy''', just as it prefers '''phytotherapy''' from materials traditionally prepared from plants. Broader than phytotherapy is '''pharmacognosy''', which draws from all natural sources, such as minerals as well as plants.


==Homeopathic materia medica==
==Homeopathic materia medica==
NLM defines '''nosodes'' are specific types of homeopathic remedies prepared from causal agents or disease products.
Materia medica, in homeopathy, are references to the list of remedies,<ref name=Boericke-Materia>{{citation
| title = Homeopathic Materia Medica
| first =  William E. | last = Boericke
| url =http://www.homeoint.org/books/boericmm/index.htm
}}</ref> as opposed to ''repertories'' giving the indication for using remedies. NLM defines ''nosodes'' as specific types of homeopathic remedies prepared from causal agents or disease products.<ref>{{MeSH|nosode}}</ref>
==Phytotherapeutic materia medica==
==Phytotherapeutic materia medica==
Terms under this category include  
Terms under this category include  
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*Plant Extracts
*Plant Extracts
*Plants, Medicinal
*Plants, Medicinal
==References==
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Materia medica is a traditional term for what is now considered pharmacology in medicine, but, in National Library of Medicine usage (NLM), refers to "materials or substances used in the composition of traditional medical remedies.[1] NLM has broadened the term to include homeopathic preparations, although it prefers to index them as homeopathy, just as it prefers phytotherapy from materials traditionally prepared from plants. Broader than phytotherapy is pharmacognosy, which draws from all natural sources, such as minerals as well as plants.

Homeopathic materia medica

Materia medica, in homeopathy, are references to the list of remedies,[2] as opposed to repertories giving the indication for using remedies. NLM defines nosodes as specific types of homeopathic remedies prepared from causal agents or disease products.[3]

Phytotherapeutic materia medica

Terms under this category include

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Ethnobotany
  • Ethnopharmacology
  • Pharmacognosy
  • Plant Extracts
  • Plants, Medicinal

References