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.

Annotation

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

DUI

D008419 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0013102

Previous indexing

Drugs (1966-1987); Medicine, Chinese Traditional (1975-1987); Folklore (1968-1987); Medicine, Arabic (1966-1987); Medicine, Ayurvedic (1966-1987); Medicine, Herbal (1966-1987); Medicine, Oriental Traditional (1966-1987); Medicine, Traditional (1966-1987)

History note

88

Public note

88