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CRITERION
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DEFINITION
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ITEMS ASSESSED
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Nomenclature
(NOM)
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The name of the herb or herbal
product |
- Scientific botanical
name(s)
- Common name (s)
- Pharmacologically active constituent(s) name(s)
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Indication(s)
(IND)
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The conditions, symptoms for which the
herb is claimed to have a curative or preventive therapeutic action |
- Clear distinction
between advertisement and sound scientific information useful to health
providers.
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Dose (DOSE)
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The amount of the herbal product administered |
- Quantity
- Dosage form (tea, powder, root, capsule, etc.)
- Preparation method
- Route of administration
- What to do if a dose is missed.
- Storage and stability of phytopharmaceutical
- Dosing information for pediatric and geriatric
population
- Dosing information by indication and/or co-existing
condition.
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Mechanism of
Action (MOA)
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The reference to the pharmacologic action(s)
of the herb |
- Pharmacodynamic properties
and pharmacologic action of an herbal product
- Pharmacodynamic properties and pharmacologic
action of individual constituent(s).
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Interactions
(INTX)
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The additive, antagonistic or synergistic
effect between an herbal preparation and a drug, another herb or food resulting
in a therapeutic incompatibility |
- Drug-herb interaction
- Herb-herb interaction
- Herb-food interaction
- Herb interfering with laboratory test causing
false results
- Clear distinction between accounts of reported
interactions and inference from the mechanism of action or known uses
of the herb
- Report of absence or presence of drug interaction
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Side effects
(S.E.)
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The undesired action(s) of an herbal
product causing adverse reactions |
- Report of absence
or presence of side effects
- Degrees of clinical significance of side effect
- Mechanism causing the side effect
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Contaminants (CONT)
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The unexpected presence of a chemical
entity in an herbal product |
- Report of presence
of adulterants
- Analysis of adulterant
- Report of side effects caused by adulterant
- Name of common adulterants
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Contraindications/Warning (C.I.)
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Prior condition(s) of a patient precluding
the use of an herbal product or limiting its usage as a drug |
- Absolute contraindication
- Relative contraindication
- Report of presence or absence of contraindications
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Toxicology (TOX)
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The mechanism of toxic action and side
effects caused by an herbal overdose |
- Symptomatology
- Toxic dose
- Treatment of overdose
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Chemistry (CHEM)
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Physical, chemical and organoleptic properties
of an herbal and its methods of analysis |
- Analytic chemistry
of the herbal product and its constituents
- Organoleptic and physical properties of the herbal
and its constituents
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