Presents a risk only for

the chemical drug, resulting in its lower circulating blood levels that may lead

to treatment failure

Cannot be encountered, a

natural product being different in essence from a chemical drug

Is difficult to predict,

representing a major risk area

Cannot be encountered when

there is a sufficient delay (min 3 h) between the two administrations

Is fairly predictable

Is generally impossible

Requires the correct

botanical identification of the contaminating plant

Presents an analytical

challenge strongly dependent on the contaminant and its level

Is a straightforward

analytical task

Is generally useless

A legislative arsenal to

master traditional & complementary practices, practicians and products

A systematic recourse to

tradipraticians

The negation of

tradipractices eventual efficacy as they are not chemically characterized

The avoidance of

tradipractices

The advertising of

tradipractices in the major scientific journals (Lancet,…)

Appeared through errors in

metabolism, a random synthesis followed by natural selection to refine the

compounds most useful for man

Are a gift from God,

bestowed on medicinal plants

Appeared through errors in

metabolism, a random synthesis followed by natural selection to refine the

compounds most useful for the producing plant

Are the same in all plants,

the difference in effects arising from their relative concentrations

Are synthesized by plants at

random, through chemical reactions based on a wide set of starting blocks,

generally of mineral origin

Can always be trusted,

given their high level of medical knowledge

Have practically

disappeared over the planet

Obtained their knowledge in

a documented process of clinical trials

Are an obliged cornerstone

of health in many developing countries

Cannot be trusted, given

their low level of knowledge

Would be a step to generalized health coverage

Is not possible, all

tradipraticians being crooks, avid for money and without regard for the patient

Is not possible due to the blatant

ignorance of traditional healers

Is rejected by the World

Health Organization (WHO)

Would allow by itself a generalized health coverage

 Of acupuncture indicates its plausible

effectiveness in treating some difficult conditions

Of health corresponds to a

worldwide travelling of patients to the most efficient treatment modalities

Of health requires only a

trust in modern medicine

Of modern medicines is

readily achieved, yielding a universal coverage of health services

Of all tradipractices is

advocated by the World Health Organization

Should be complemented by a

proteomic analysis

Allows to identify the

plant but is not related to its content in active compounds

Should be complemented by a

RNA analysis

Is sufficient to

demonstrate the quality of this product

Give full description (including

methods for identification, limit tests and assays) of botanical drugs and of

some major extracts

Do not include herbal drugs

as these are out of the scope of modern medical practice

Are official compendiums

detailing the pharmacological activities and dosages of drugs, including herbal

drugs

Encompass all known traditional

herbal drugs

Are non-official

compendiums of analytical methods, purely indicative

A real globalization was

regularly achieved, throughout history, 

along trade roads, especially in periods of peace

Globalization is a recent

phenomenon, dating back to the end of the 19

Globalization is the goal

achieved by the World Health Organization

Globalization currently

allows a balanced supply of products over all countries

Was first achieved by

Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus)