Biomaterial Database

[An introduction of Zuotai in Tibetan patent medicine]. 2013

Zhao-Ben Kan

Institution for Tibetan Medicine, China Tibetology Research Center, Beijing 100101, China. kanzhaoben@126.com

Zuotai is an essential part in Tibetan patent medicine, which plays an important role in treating diseases. This paper introduced the invention, preparing process, use, effectiveness, and safety of Zuotai, aimed to provide an insight for traditional Chinese medicine when using heavy mental within Chinese patent medicine.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008517	Phytotherapy	Use of plants or herbs to treat diseases or to alleviate pain.	Herb Therapy,Herbal Therapy
D004365	Drugs, Chinese Herbal	Chinese herbal or plant extracts which are used as drugs to treat diseases or promote general well-being. The concept does not include synthesized compounds manufactured in China.	Chinese Herbal Drugs,Plant Extracts, Chinese,Chinese Drugs, Plant,Chinese Plant Extracts,Extracts, Chinese Plant,Herbal Drugs, Chinese
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017669	Mercury Compounds	Inorganic compounds that contain mercury as an integral part of the molecule.	Compounds, Mercury
D049690	History, Ancient	The period of history before 500 of the common era.	Ancient History,Ancient History (Medicine),Ancient History of Medicine,History of Medicine, Ancient,Medicine, Ancient History,Ancient Histories (Medicine),Ancient History Medicine,Ancient History Medicines,Histories, Ancient (Medicine),History Medicine, Ancient,History Medicines, Ancient,History, Ancient (Medicine),Medicine Ancient History,Medicines, Ancient History
D018609	Tibet	An autonomous region located in central Asia, within China.
D038861	Medicine, Tibetan Traditional	A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the Tibetan culture.	Traditional Medicine, Tibetan,Tibetan Medicine,Tibetan Medicine, Traditional,Tibetan Traditional Medicine,Medicine, Tibetan,Medicine, Traditional Tibetan,Traditional Tibetan Medicine