Woman s medicine

In this chapter, we summarize the current knowledge of interesting terpenes found in Mexican medicinal plants, with special emphasis on the zoapatle (Montanoa tomentosa), a plant originally called "cihuapahtli." This means woman s medicine, and it was used to assist women during difficult labor because of its specific uterus contraction effect caused by the diterpene active substances. Finally, some aspects of the current use of medicinal plants in different cultural environments will be discussed. 

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Australia s Therapeutic Goods Administration initiated a voluntary recall of all complementary medicines containing kava after the death of a woman who used a medicine containing kava (13). Sponsors and retailers were asked to remove all products containing kava from the market immediately. Consumers were advised to discard kava-containing products in their possession. 

A 59-year-old woman with mantle-cell lymphoma and no hepatic involvement took a range of unconventional medicines (8). During a routine check-up she had raised liver enzymes, and self-medication with cat s claw was deemed the most likely cause. Cat s claw was withdrawn and her liver tests normalized within 60 days. 

A woman asks your medicines counter assistant for malathion shampoo for head lice. Your standard operating procedure for sales of P medicines instructs staff to refer to the pharmacist all requests for this product, which your assistant does. When you ask the woman why she wants it, she says that she has received a letter from her 6-year-old daughter s school that some children there have been found to have head lice. She is pretty sure that her daughter does not have them but wants to use the shampoo on all the family to make sure that they do not get them, How do you respond to her request ... 

You are called by your medicines counter assistant to talk to a young woman who wants to buy a fluconazole capsule but has not had it before. When you ask her why she wants it she says that she thinks she has thrush. When you ask her how she knows, she says because her friend has told her that s what it must be. When you ask her to describe her symptoms more fully, she tells you that for the past 2 days she has had intense itching inside and outside her vagina. She also has a thick, creamy discharge, but there is no unpleasant odour. She experiences some burning on the outside when she passes water, but otherwise feels well with no fever or other symptoms, but she hasjust got over a nasty throat infection and about a week ago had a prescription for amoxicillin dispensed at your pharmacy. Will you sell her the fluconazole ... 

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