E-DRUG: Traditional Medicines (8)
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Dr. J.O. Echeme,
In response to your Sept. 5 message, we'd like to let you know that we
have the Farmacopea Vegetal Caribe�a (Caribbean Plant Pharmaopeia),
which is a compilation of information on studies about plants that have
traditionally been used in the region and which we use as a reference
for educating people about the proper use of plants. This requires a
great effort on ourt part due to the resistance of many people who
won't admit that there are risks in the application of traditional
medicine.
The institution where I work is APROCSAL (Association of Salvadoran
Community Promoters). We work in El Salvador in Central America and
our goal is to educate people in the communities where we work about
the proper use of medicinal plants, as well as compiling knowledge
about traditional medicine in order to corroborate or reject certain
practices.
Yesenia Ar�valo
APROCSAL
Tel/Fax: 503-225-7168 or 503-225-6674
E-Mail: aprocsal@ejje.com
*Translator's Note: APROCSAL is a member of APSAL, Acci�n para la Salud
en El Salvador (Health Action El Salvador), which is a coalition of
NGO's working for the rational use of medicines in El Salvador as well
as a national drug policy. The Farmacopea Vegetal Caribe�a (ISBN
2-85275-025-2) is available through APROCSAL or its publisher,
"enda-caribe", e-mail endacaribe@pucmm.edu.do or
enda!caribe@redid.org.do . They are part of the TRAMIL project which
investigates the scientific and popular use of medicinal plants in the
Carribean (electronic conference tramil@conicit.ve).
Susan C. Greenblatt, MPH
Acci�n para la Salud en El Salvador
e-mail: apsal@ejje.com
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