WHO’s Traditional Medicines Regulatory Project and Medicinal Resource Protection and Use: Japan-China Research Exchange, Philippine Pharmacopoeia, Myanmar Project

Abstract

1) Several guidelines for medicinal plants conservation and utilization are published by WHO’s herbal medicines regulatory network. 2) The medicinal plants used in Japan and China are different in quality. Scientists in both countries exchange views about their knowledge and materials. 3) Philippine and Myanmar pharmacopoeia are published by Japanese experts with scientific advice. 4) Medicinal plant cultivation instead of opium has been carried out as the Myanmar Drug Eradication Project by Japanese experts.