Introduction to clinical pharmacognosy

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Introduction to clinical pharmacognosy

Pharmacy is known as a branch related to healthcare services . 
According to the features of pharmacognosy and clinical pharmacy two distinctive and important subjects of pharmacy in this editorial it has been introduced as a new integrated and multidisciplinary feature between these two subjects named; “clinical pharmacognosy”
Pharmacognosy, which literally means studying medications of natural sources, has been a part of medical arts and sciences since mankind first began to treat illnesses . 

To get a proper perspective about this science, which deals with plant, animal, mineral and other natural medications, it is extremely helpful to investigate the historical aspects of this science and to recognize the pioneers of this field. 

By an experience obtained from trial and error, early man had to acquire biological knowledge useful in determining the effects of available foods and beverages derived from plants.

Clinical pharmacognosy deals with:

Rational use of crude drug
Patient safety
Optimum dose of drug 
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics
Side effects
Adverse drug reactions
Antidot  for poisoning
Duration of therapy

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