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Descriptor English:

Materia Medica

Descriptor Spanish:

Materia Médica

Descriptor Portuguese:

Materia Medica

Synonyms English:

Homeopathic Remedies
Nosodes

Tree Number:

D26.526
HP4

Definition English:

Materials or substances used in the composition of traditional medical remedies. The use of this term in MeSH was formerly restricted to historical articles or those concerned with traditional medicine, but it can also refer to homeopathic remedies. Nosodes are specific types of homeopathic remedies prepared from causal agents or disease products.

Indexing Annotation English:

prefer the more specific PHYTOTHERAPY or HOMEOPATHY; coord IM with specific substance IM; for use in therapy coord /ther use (IM) with substance /ther use (IM) if permitted + disease /*drug ther (IM); do not capitalize Chinese names of various substances in titles or translations

See Related English:

Homeopathy
Medicine, Traditional
Phytotherapy
Plant Extracts
Materia Medica, Clinical
Materia Medica, Comparative
Materia Medica, Pure
Materia Medica Study Methods
Symptoms, Clinical
Symptoms, Pathogenetic
Symptoms, Toxicologic
Homeopathy
Medicine, Traditional
Phytotherapy
Plant Extracts

History Note English:

Allowable Qualifiers English:

administration & dosage	adverse effects
analysis	chemistry
classification	chemical synthesis
contraindications	diagnostic use
economics	history
isolation & purification	metabolism
pharmacology	pharmacokinetics
poisoning	radiation effects
supply & distribution	standards
toxicity	therapeutic use

Record Number:

22938

Unique Identifier:

D008419

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