Herbal Supplements

Herbs and essential oils have always played a very important role in medical science. To promote the knowledge and use of these materials, herbal dictionaries have been introduced. A herbal dictionary helps you to find out almost anything about herbal products.

The use of drugs of natural origin is increasing in western countries. These drugs appear more as co-medications in clinical studies and in post-marketing surveys. Hence, the need for a herbal dictionary. The first international herbal dictionary was introduced by World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO herbal dictionary has recorded all the latest herbal drugs from year 2003 onwards.

A herbal dictionary is used to identify the names of herbal products, their ingredients and therapeutic uses. The herbal dictionary translates the drug names into useful information that is used for analyzing and coding the data for drug safety.

The herbal dictionary of WHO helps you to find out the trade names of herbal products and codes them into clinical data, translates the trade names into active plants, components of plants and types of extractions, and analyzes the encoded data by using the new herbal classification called herbal ATC classification.

This dictionary is closely associated with the WHO Drug Dictionary and the WHO Drug Dictionary Enhanced. The herbal dictionary of WHO is published twice in a year. The first one comes out in March and the second one in September.

The herbal dictionaries not only assist you to identify the diagnosis, but they also enhance your understanding of how these products can influence the prognosis, and hence, allow you to take necessary steps. In herbal dictionaries the products are indexed. The index is further classified by topics. This saves time while searching for a product.

As like normal dictionaries, in herbal dictionaries also you will find a list of current herbs that is categorized alphabetically. The classification of items in herbal dictionaries may take many forms. Some have classified their entries into mind, body and soul. These classifications help to find a product very easily. Therefore, herbal dictionaries save you time.

The herbal products are used in cosmetics, culinary preparations, medicines and various commercial products like herbal soaps and herbal oils. Therefore,

if you are planning to purchase a herbal product, then first look it up in a herbal dictionary. This will give you full knowledge about what you are about to purchase. So, a good scientific herbal dictionary is essential not only to authenticate your herbal purchases, but also to save you time.