Hirschhorn H H
J Ethnopharmacol. 1983 Mar;7(2):157-67. doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(83)90017-x.
A comparison of Dutch East Indian (Indonesian) and tropical American botanical remedies (folk medicines) illustrates a method for locating similarities, discrepancies and contradictions which can indicate new lines of investigation in tracing active ingredients or other reasons that explain phytotherapeutic effects.