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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Traditional Medicine in a Global Environment Guest Editors: Rainer W. Bussmann, Wendy Applequist, and Narel Paniagua-Zambrana Traditional Medicine in a Global Environment Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Traditional Medicine in a Global Environment Guest Editors: Rainer W. Bussmann, Wendy Applequist, and Narel Paniagua-Zambrana Copyright © 2014 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board Mahmood Abdulla, Malaysia Jen-Hwey Chiu, Taiwan Ching-Liang Hsieh, Taiwan Jon Adams, Australia William C. S. Cho, Hong Kong Jing Hu, China Zuraini Ahmad, Malaysia Jae Youl Cho, Korea Gan Siew Hua, Malaysia Ulysses Albuquerque, Brazil Seung-Hun Cho, Republic of Korea Sheng-Teng Huang, Taiwan Gianni Allais, Italy Chee Yan Choo, Malaysia BennyTanKwongHuat,Singapore Terje Alraek, Norway Ryowon Choue, Republic of Korea Roman Huber, Germany Souliman Amrani, Morocco Shuang-En Chuang, Taiwan Angelo Antonio Izzo, Italy Akshay Anand, India Joo-Ho Chung, Republic of Korea Kong J., USA Shrikant Anant, USA Edwin L. Cooper, USA Suresh Jadhav, India Manuel Arroyo-Morales, Spain Gregory D. Cramer, USA Kanokwan Jarukamjorn, Thailand Syed Asdaq, Saudi Arabia Meng Cui, China Yong Jiang , China Seddigheh Asgary, Iran Roberto Cuman, Brazil Zheng L. Jiang, China Hyunsu Bae, Republic of Korea Vincenzo De Feo, Italy Stefanie Joos, Germany Lijun Bai, China Roc´ıo Vazquez,´ Spain Sirajudeen K.N.S., Malaysia Sandip K. Bandyopadhyay, India Martin Descarreaux, USA Z. Kain, USA Sarang Bani, India Alexandra Deters, Germany Osamu Kanauchi, Japan Vassya Bankova, Bulgaria Siva Durairajan, Hong Kong Wenyi Kang, China Winfried Banzer, Germany Mohamed Eddouks, Morocco Dae Gill Kang, Republic of Korea Vernon A. Barnes, USA Thomas Efferth, Germany Shao-Hsuan Kao, Taiwan Samra Bashir, Pakistan Tobias Esch, Germany Krishna Kaphle, Nepal Jairo Kenupp Bastos, Brazil Saeed Esmaeili-Mahani, Iran Kenji Kawakita, Japan Sujit Basu, USA Nianping Feng, China Jong Yeol Kim, Republic of Korea David Baxter, New Zealand Yibin Feng, Hong Kong Cheorl-Ho Kim, Republic of Korea Andre-Michael Beer, Germany Josue Fernandez-Carnero, Spain Youn Chul Kim, Republic of Korea Alvin J. Beitz, USA Juliano Ferreira, Brazil Yoshiyuki Kimura, Japan Yong Boo, Republic of Korea Fabio Firenzuoli, Italy Joshua K. Ko, China Francesca Borrelli, Italy Peter Fisher, UK Toshiaki Kogure, Japan Gloria Brusotti, Italy W. F. Fong, Hong Kong Nandakumar Krishnadas, India Ishfaq A. Bukhari, Pakistan Romain Forestier, France Yiu Wa Kwan, Hong Kong Arndt Bussing,¨ Germany Joel J. Gagnier, Canada Kuang Chi Lai, Taiwan Rainer W. Bussmann, USA Jian-Li Gao, China Ching Lan, Taiwan Raffaele Capasso, Italy Gabino Garrido, Chile Alfred Langler,¨ Germany Opher Caspi, Israel Muhammad Ghayur, Pakistan Lixing Lao, Hong Kong Han Chae, Korea Anwarul Hassan Gilani, Pakistan Clara Bik-San Lau, Hong Kong Shun-Wan Chan, Hong Kong Michael Goldstein, USA Jang-Hern Lee, Republic of Korea Il-Moo Chang, Republic of Korea Mahabir P. Gupta, Panama Tat leang Lee, Singapore Rajnish Chaturvedi, India Mitchell Haas, USA Myeong S. Lee, UK Chun Tao Che, USA Svein Haavik, Norway Christian Lehmann, Canada Hubiao Chen, Hong Kong Abid Hamid, India Marco Leonti, Italy Jian-Guo Chen, China N. Hanazaki, Brazil Ping-Chung Leung, Hong Kong Kevin Chen, USA K. B. Harikumar, India Lawrence Leung, Canada Tzeng-Ji Chen, Taiwan Cory S. Harris, Canada Kwok Nam Leung, Hong Kong Yunfei Chen, China Thierry Hennebelle, France Ping Li, China Juei-Tang Cheng, Taiwan Seung-Heon Hong, Korea Min Li, China Evan Paul Cherniack, USA Markus Horneber, Germany Man Li, China ChunGuang Li, Australia Andrea Pieroni, Italy Mei Tian, China Xiu-Min Li, USA Richard Pietras, USA Evelin Tiralongo, Australia Shao Li, China Waris Qidwai, Pakistan S. C. Tjen-A-Looi, USA Yong Hong Liao, China Xianqin Qu, Australia MichaThl Tomczyk, Poland Sabina Lim, Korea CassandraL.Quave,USA Yao Tong, Hong Kong Bi-Fong Lin, Taiwan Roja Rahimi, Iran K. V. Trinh, Canada Wen Chuan Lin, China Khalid Rahman, UK Karl Wah-Keung Tsim, Hong Kong Christopher G. Lis, USA Cheppail Ramachandran, USA Volkan Tugcu, Turkey Gerhard Litscher, Austria Gamal Ramadan, Egypt Yew-Min Tzeng, Taiwan Ke Liu, China Ke Ren, USA Dawn M. Upchurch, USA I-Min Liu, Taiwan Man Hee Rhee, Republic of Korea MarynaVandeVenter,SouthAfrica Gaofeng Liu, China Mee-Ra Rhyu, Republic of Korea Sandy van Vuuren, South Africa Yijun Liu, USA JoseLuisR´ ´ıos, Spain Alfredo Vannacci, Italy Cun-Zhi Liu, China Paolo Roberti di Sarsina, Italy Mani Vasudevan, Malaysia Gail B. Mahady, USA Bashar Saad, Palestinian Authority Carlo Ventura, Italy Juraj Majtan, Slovakia Sumaira Sahreen, Pakistan Wagner Vilegas, Brazil Subhash C. Mandal, India Omar Said, Israel Pradeep Visen, Canada Jeanine Marnewick, South Africa Luis A. Salazar-Olivo, Mexico Aristo Vojdani, USA Virginia S. Martino, Argentina Mohd. Zaki Salleh, Malaysia Y. Wang, USA James H. McAuley, Australia Andreas Sandner-Kiesling, Austria Shu-Ming Wang, USA Karin Meissner, USA Adair Santos, Brazil Chenchen Wang, USA Andreas Michalsen, Germany G. Schmeda-Hirschmann, Chile Chong-Zhi Wang, USA David Mischoulon, USA Andrew Scholey, Australia Kenji Watanabe, Japan Syam Mohan, Malaysia Veronique Seidel, UK Jintanaporn Wattanathorn, Thailand J. Molnar, Hungary Senthamil R. Selvan, USA Wolfgang Weidenhammer, Germany Valerio´ Monteiro-Neto, Brazil Tuhinadri Sen, India Jenny M. Wilkinson, Australia H.-I. Moon, Republic of Korea Hongcai Shang, China Darren Williams, Republic of Korea Albert Moraska, USA Karen J. Sherman, USA Haruki Yamada, Japan Mark Moss, UK Ronald Sherman, USA Nobuo Yamaguchi, Japan Yoshiharu Motoo, Japan Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Japan Yong-Qing Yang, China Frauke Musial, Germany Kan Shimpo, Japan Junqing Yang, China MinKyun Na, Republic of Korea Byung-Cheul Shin, Korea Ling Yang, China Richard L. Nahin, USA Yukihiro Shoyama, Japan Eun Jin Yang, Republic of Korea Vitaly Napadow, USA Chang Gue Son, Korea Xiufen Yang, China F. R. F. Nascimento, Brazil Rachid Soulimani, France Ken Yasukawa, Japan S. Nayak, Trinidad And Tobago Didier Stien, France Min H. Ye, China Isabella Neri, Italy Shan-Yu Su, Taiwan M. Yoon, Republic of Korea Telesphore´ Nguelefack, Cameroon Mohd Roslan Sulaiman, Malaysia Jie Yu, China Martin Offenbacher, Germany Venil N. Sumantran, India Jin-Lan Zhang, China Ki-Wan Oh, Republic of Korea John R. S. Tabuti, Uganda Zunjian Zhang, China Y. Ohta, Japan Toku Takahashi, USA Wei-bo Zhang, China Olumayokun A. Olajide, UK Rabih Talhouk, Lebanon Hong Q. Zhang, Hong Kong Thomas Ostermann, Germany Wen-Fu Tang, China Boli Zhang, China Stacey A. Page, Canada Yuping Tang, China Ruixin Zhang, USA Tai-Long Pan, Taiwan Lay Kek Teh, Malaysia Hong Zhang, Sweden Bhushan Patwardhan, India Mayank Thakur, India Haibo Zhu, China Berit Smestad Paulsen, Norway Menaka C. Thounaojam, India Contents Traditional Medicine in a Global Environment,RainerW.Bussmann,WendyApplequist, and Narel Paniagua-Zambrana Volume2014,ArticleID326895,1page Ethnobotanical Study of Herbaceous Flora along an Altitudinal Gradient in Bharmour Forest Division, District Chamba of Himachal Pradesh, India, Kehar S. Thakur, Munesh Kumar, Rajan Bawa, and Rainer W. Bussmann Volume 2014, Article ID 946870, 7 pages Medicinal Plants and Ethnomedicine in Peril: A Case Study from Nepal Himalaya,RipuM.Kunwar, Mina Lamichhane Pandey, Laxmi Mahat Kunwar, and Ananta Bhandari Volume 2014, Article ID 792789, 7 pages The Globalization of Traditional Medicine in Northern Peru: From Shamanism to Molecules, Rainer W.Bussmann Volume 2013, Article ID 291903, 46 pages Protective Effects of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharides on Testis Spermatogenic Injury Induced by Bisphenol A in Mice, Caili Zhang, Anzhong Wang, Xiaona Sun, Xiaocai Li, Xinghua Zhao, Shuang Li, and Aituan Ma Volume 2013, Article ID 690808, 9 pages Anthraquinone Content in Noni (Morinda citrifolia L.), Rainer W. Bussmann, Lothar Hennig, Athanassios Giannis, Jutta Ortwein, Toni M. Kutchan, and Xi Feng Volume 2013, Article ID 208378, 5 pages Validation of Antimycobacterial Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Three Districts of the Limpopo Province (South Africa), Peter Masoko and Kulani Mashudu Nxumalo Volume 2013, Article ID 586247, 7 pages Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2014, Article ID 326895, 1 page http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/326895 Editorial Traditional Medicine in a Global Environment Rainer W. Bussmann,1 Wendy Applequist,1 and Narel Paniagua-Zambrana2 1 WLBC,MissouriBotanicalGarden,P.O.Box299,St.Louis,MO63166-0299,USA 2 Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia Correspondence should be addressed to Rainer W. Bussmann; [email protected] Received 12 February 2014; Accepted 12 February 2014; Published 27 April 2014 Copyright © 2014 Rainer W. Bussmann et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Traditional medicine, both codified (e.g., Chinese medicine, one looks at potentially problematic compounds in one of the Ayurveda, and Unami) and noncodified,