INDICES> Huatuo Zaizao Pills (2)

[Beverley Snell <bev@burnet.edu.au>]

INDICES> Huatuo Zaizao Pills (2)
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Working in an essential drug program in Tibet, we were faced with 
working out what was in the available Chinese medicines.  It is 
important to look at the actual products.  The ingredients should be 
written on the containers in Chinese characters as should the 
indication.  With Chinese-English medical dictionaries translation is 
possible. For example there is a Chinese character for the word 
aspirin, etc.  In close consultation with our translators and Chinese 
speaking colleagues we could get a very good idea of the actual 
ingredients in a product and the recommended indications. 
Investigations about whether they were appropriate, safe or not could 
start from there.  The strength of ingredients was not always present.

best wishes

Beverley Snell
International Health Unit, Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research
P O Box 254 Fairfield Vic Australia 3078
Telephone 613 9282 2115 / 9282 2275
Fax 613 9482 3123
Time zone: 11 hours ahead of GMT.
email <bev@burnet.edu.au>
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