Firenzuoli Fabio, Gori Luigi, Neri Daniele
Centro di Medicina Naturale, Centro di Riferimento Regionale per la Fitoterapia, Ospedale S. Giuseppe, Azienda USL 11, Via Paladini 40, 50053 Empoli, Italy.
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2005;41(1):27-33.
In every country traditional medicines find foundation in magical or religious beliefs, or popular experience. The World Health Organization is engaged to establish guidelines for methodology of clinical research and the appraisal of effectiveness of traditional medicine. In Italy it has been adopted the term non-conventional medicines in order to group one series of therapies and medicines which are radically different one from the other. Phytotherapy uses medicinal plants prepared by means of adapted extractive technologies and proper pharmacological preparations, purified and standardized in their chemical principles. As for any shape of therapy there are possible side effects, contraindications, pharmacological interactions. It is deemed necessary that a basic knowledge of the pharmacological aspects of phytotherapy be included in the regular Course of Medicine.
在每个国家，传统医学都基于魔法或宗教信仰，或大众经验。世界卫生组织致力于制定临床研究方法和传统医学疗效评估的指导方针。在意大利，采用了“非常规药物”这一术语，以便将一系列彼此截然不同的疗法和药物归为一类。植物疗法使用通过适当的提取技术和合适的药物制剂制备的药用植物，这些植物在化学成分上经过纯化和标准化。与任何治疗方式一样，植物疗法也可能有副作用、禁忌和药物相互作用。人们认为有必要在常规医学课程中纳入植物疗法药理学方面的基础知识。
