04ME26 - Herbal Medicine Quality: Challenges and Solutions Format:Audio Wide-ranging discussion of prevention strategies

Wide-ranging discussion of prevention strategies includes herbs

Reliability of the diagnostics are discussed: symptoms are examined: and case studies are presented

blood and Shen disharmonies: indicators of the balance between yin and yang in the physiology: and symptoms of specific organ dysfunction

OCD and PTSD

A review of plant medicines for thyroid dysfunction

04ME26 - Herbal Medicine Quality: Challenges and Solutions Format:Audio Wide-ranging discussion of prevention strategiesSpeaker: Roy Upton. Quality issues are discussed including herbal adulteration, microbial contamination, heavy metal accumulation and the use of poor quality material; toxic solvents and sterilization techniques. Guidance for identifying and avoiding these problems is presented, including techniques for macroscopic and microscopic identification, chemical and botanical characterization and assessing the integrity of vendors.