Abstract: I recent years, the use of herbal, homeopathic remedies and holistic or alternative medicine have gained popularity among the public, due to the potential side effects and safety concerns of conventional allopathic formulations. Herbal products have been used since ancient times in folk medicine, involving both eastern and western medicinal traditions. In addiction therapy, herbal or natural products have become even more popular today due to their high antimicrobial activity, biocompatibility, antiinflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Although there are many benefits of these natural products in the practice of addiction therapy, many practitioners really do not know much about them and are hesitant to use them in day to day practice. Now, as clinicians we face a responsibility to explore and understand these products and extrapolate their implications on our current patient management strategies. Therefore, this presentation will review the implications of various natural products in addiction therapy and emphasize on their properties and safety factors. This presentation will also cover the use of Chinese medicine in the cure of addiction problems.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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