Medicinal & Aromatic Plants

Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
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ISSN: 2167-0412

Editorial - (2016) Volume 5, Issue 4

Doctrine of Signatures Mystic Heritage or Outdated Relict from MiddleAged Phytotherapy?

Thomas Efferth1* and Henry J Greten2
1Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
2Heidelberg School of Chinese Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany and Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Porto, Portugal
*Corresponding Author: Thomas Efferth, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Staudinger Weg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany, Tel: 49-6131-3925751, Fax: 49-6131-3923752 Email:

Keywords: Doctrine of Signatures; Mystic Heritage; Outdated Relict; Middle-Aged Phytotherapy

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