Abstract

Title : Database of herbal remedy from national drug list used in Thai hospital (2)
By : Peeraya Akkarakanoksin and Lalita Ramsak
Degree : DOCTOR OF PHARMACY
Advisor : Asst.Prof.Dr. Sudarat Homhual1
Keywords : Thailand National List of Essential Medicines (Herbal) Product , Ya-kaelom-ammapruek, Ya-pasom-thaowanpriang, Ya-Benjakul, Ya-Prasaplai, Ya-Ha-rak
   
The Ministry of Public Health of Thailand revealed the policy to promote using Thai herbal remedies as alternative medicine or replace modern medicine especially from Thai National List of Herbal Medicines Product. These herbal recipes have been traditionally used for treatment of various common diseases for several generations by the Thai traditional doctor. However, the scientific reports of efficacy and safety of these remedies have not yet widely publicized to people. Objectives: Thusthe aim of this study were to review and analyze the literature from electronic database, to publicize the information of herbal remedies and component herbs via database website. Methods: The herbal remedies were selected from Thai National List of Herbal Medicines Product A.D.2016. The information of herbal remedies and each component herb including scientific name, synonym, family name, description of crude drug, chemical composition, pharmacological activity, clinical study and toxicology were collected byliterature searching from electronic database as well as hand search for unpublished studies. The voucher specimens and crude drugs were prepared and deposited at the Herbal Museum of Faculty of Pharmacy, UbonRatchathani University, in UbonRatchathani, Thailand. Results: Five herbal recipes were selected from ThaiNational List of Herbal Medicines Product. The medicinal plant recipes were comprised of several plants as follows: Ya-kaelom-ammapruek, Ya-pasom-thaowanpriang, Ya-Benjakul, Ya-Prasaplai andYa-Ha-rak containing 11, 4, 5, 10 and 5 medicinal plants, respectively. In total, this study reports five herbal recipes containing 28 species that belonged to 20 families. List of remedy and other information appeared on website (www.thaicrudedrug.com). Conclusion: The results from this study have confirmed the usage of the preparation which supported the folkloric used of the herbal remedy.So, They should be used as alternative medicine, and manufactured commonly in the market.
   
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