Kumar Syal, Dobos Gustav J, Rampp Thomas
1 University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2017 Jul;22(3):494-501. doi: 10.1177/2156587216671392. Epub 2016 Oct 5.
Traditional Indian medicine (ayurveda) is becoming increasingly popular, with many chronic conditions responding to it well. Most patients begin to take conventional medications as soon as their diagnoses are made, so ayurvedic treatments are usually undergone alongside and/or after conventional medical approaches. A detailed knowledge of the action of food, spices, and medicinal plants is needed in order to understand their potential influence fully. While societal use of ayurvedic plants and Indian spices is commonplace, without ill effect, the use of more concentrated products made from single plants, often in the form of teas or tablets, is of more concern. The mechanisms by which polyherbal drugs and their extracts act differ in many respects from the actions of single substances or synthetic drugs. Despite the fact that ayurvedic medicines are based on natural herbal materials, their safety depends on their method of administration, taking into account individuals' needs and their specific disease conditions.
传统印度医学（阿育吠陀医学）正变得越来越受欢迎，许多慢性病对其反应良好。大多数患者一旦确诊就开始服用传统药物，所以阿育吠陀治疗通常与传统医学方法同时进行和/或在其之后进行。为了充分理解食物、香料和药用植物的潜在影响，需要详细了解它们的作用。虽然社会上对阿育吠陀植物和印度香料的使用很普遍且没有不良影响，但对由单一植物制成的更浓缩产品（通常为茶或片剂形式）的使用则更令人担忧。多草药药物及其提取物的作用机制在许多方面与单一物质或合成药物的作用不同。尽管阿育吠陀药物基于天然草药材料，但其安全性取决于给药方法，要考虑个体需求及其特定疾病状况。
