Overview of Herbal Medicine Practice in the USA

  • Staba, E. John (Emeritus Pharmacognosy & Medicinal Chemistry University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy) ;
  • Staba, Joyce E. (Plants Personified, Inc.)
  • Published : 1998.03.01

Abstract

An overview of the history of the evolution of health practice in the United States. The development of selected laws regulating the marketing of botanical commodities and recent efforts to standardize them. Some consideration is given to the clinical testing and clinical use of botanical commodities.

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