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The Database of Ethno-medicines in the World (ETHMEDmmm)

  ETHMEDmmm records sample data and scientific information of about 30,000 crude drug samples which have been preserved in the Museum of Materia Medica. These crude drugs have been used in various kinds of traditional medicine and ethnomedicine in the world. The purpose of the database is to promote research on traditional medicine by providing information on crude drugs to medical and pharmaceutical researchers all over the world, and also to inform the public of the usefulness and safety of crude drug materials used in Kampo medicine and food supplements.

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