Department of Science and Technology(DOST)

Hello, I am a researcher at the Philippine Science High School - CALABARZON Region Campus and my study is about the homeopathic medicine which is used by indigenous people in the Philippines, especially the plant called Yerba Buena. This in mind DOST - PCHRD has done some research and reports on this although it is not available online. I want to request for the following documents: 

1. Selection and scientific validation of medicinal plants for primary health care. DOST Technical Report Series No. 12. Philippine Council for Health Research and Development. Department of Science and Technology. 1991

2. Phase I - Open Clinical trial of Mentha cordifolia Opiz (yerba buena) tablet as analgesic for patient with mild to moderate surgery post-operative pains. Yerba Buena Tablet Technology Transfer Document. National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants, PCHRD-DOST. 2002.

3. Phase 2 clinical trial: Double - blind comparative controlled study of Menta cordifolia Opiz (yerba buena) tablet vs placebo and paracetamol as analgesic for patients with moderate to severe post-operative pain. Yerba Beuna Tablet Technology Transfer Document. National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants, PCHRD-DOST. 2002.

4. Phase 3 Multicenter clinical trial: Efficacy and safety study of Mentha cordifolia Opiz (yerba buena) tablet vs paracetamol in patients with acute moderate to severe post-circumcision pain. Yerba Buena Tablet Technology Transfer Document. National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants, PCHRD-DOST. 2002.

5. Phase 3 Multicenter clinical trial: Efficacy and safety study of Mentha cordifolia Opiz (yerba buena) tablet vs paracetamol on patients with moderate to severe post-dental extraction pain. Yerba Buena Tablet Technology Transfer Document. National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants, PCHRD-DOST. 2002.

6. Phase 3 Multicenter clinical trial: Efficacy and safety study of Mentha cordifolia Opiz (yerba buena) tablet vs paracetamol in patients with post-epistomy pain. Yerba Buena Tablet Technology Transfer Document. National Integrated Research Program, PCHRD-DOST. 2002.

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