@incollection{fdi:010005515,
  title = {{D}'un rem{\`e}de ancestral {\`a} un m{\'e}dicament moderne : sur la piste et les fausses pistes du {R}auwolfia},
  author = {{P}rinz, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{FRE}},
  abstract = {{T}he #{R}auwolfia$ is a striking example how long a traditionally used drug and its importance for modern therapy was not recognized. {A}s early as 1563 the {P}ortuguese physician {G}arcia da {O}rta reported about the use of a snake-like root as a remedy against snake bites in the traditional medicine of {C}eylon. {T}his "snakewood" was introduced in {E}uropean medicine only a few years later. {D}rugs from the newly discovered continents, like {I}pecacuanha or {C}hinchonabark were accepted very quickly by the {E}uropean doctors. {T}hey had welcomed every addition to their poor materia medica in that time. #{R}auwolfia$ was used in {E}uropean medicine in the same way as in {I}ndia against intermittent fever, worms, snakebites and delirant conditions. {I}n the 19th century #{R}auwolfia$ disappeared from the pharmacopoeias. {T}he newly established "scientific medicine" started to clean its materia medica from "absurd" and "magical" elements. {V}ictim to these activities was the #{R}auwolfia$ as well. {I}ts usefulness was not recognised due to the pathophysiological ignorance about hypertonia and ventricular tachycardia, today the most important indications for #{R}auwolfia$-alcaloides. {O}nly as late as 1952, with the discovery of the alcaloid {R}eserpin, the #{R}auwolfia$ was rehabilitated as a highly effective drug. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{PHARMACOPEE} ; {MEDECINE} {TRADITIONNELLE} ; {ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIE} ; {HISTOIRE} ; {PLANTE} {MEDICINALE} ; {ALCALOIDE} ; {TAXONOMIE} ; {INDUSTRIE} {PHARMACEUTIQUE}},
  booktitle = {{M}{\'e}dicaments et aliments : approche ethnopharmacologique = {M}edicines andfoods : ethnopharmacological approach},
  numero = {},
  pages = {18--29},
  address = {{P}aris ({FRA}) ; {M}etz},
  publisher = {{ORSTOM} ; {SFE}},
  series = {{C}olloques et {S}{\'e}minaires},
  year = {1996},
  ISBN = {2-7099-1320-8},
  ISSN = {0767-2896},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010005515},
}