title: Constructing a phytotherapeutic concordance based upon tropical American and Indonesian examples.
abstract: A comparison of Dutch East Indian (Indonesian) and tropical American botanical remedies (folk medicines) illustrates a method for locating similarities, discrepancies and contradictions which can indicate new lines of investigation in tracing active ingredients or other reasons that explain phytotherapeutic effects.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001901:Botany; D004181:Directories as Topic; D007214:Indonesia; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification; D009626:Terminology as Topic