ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs

Name: ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs
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ISBN: 9781588901576

ISBN-10: 1588901572

ISBN-13: 9781588901576

Edition: 2003

Authors: Mark Blumenthal, Josef Brinckmann, Bernd Wollschlaeger

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Book details

List price: $79.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/15/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 510
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.278
Language: English



List of Tables


Acknowledgements


Underwriters


Disclaimers and Disclosures


Author Disclosure of Commercial Affiliation


Learning Objectives and Accreditation


Introduction



Background on Herbal Medicine


A Brief History of Medicinal Herbs in North America


Recent Market and Consumer Use Information


Herb Safety


Standardization


Legal and Regulatory Status of Herbs and Phytomedicines in the U.S.


Lack of Regulatory Assessment and Recognition of Benefits


Integrating Botanical Medicine into Modern Clinical Practice


Rational Phytotherapy


Evidence-Based Medicine


Interpreting Product Labels



About This Book


The Purpose of this Book


Potential Bias


Why the Herbs in this Book Were Selected


Description of the Herb Chapters


References


Herb Chapters: Clinical Overviews, Patient Sheets, and Single Herb Monographs


Bilberry


Black Cohosh


Cat's Claw


Cayenne


Chamomile


Chaste Tree


Cranberry


Echinacea


Eleuthero


Ephedra


Evening Primrose Oil


Feverfew


Flax


Garlic


Ginger


Ginkgo


Ginseng, American


Ginseng, Asian


Goldenseal


Hawthorn


Horse Chestnut


Kava


Licorice


Milk Thistle


Peppermint


Saw Palmetto


St. John's Wort


Tea, Black/Green


Valerian


Proprietary Herbal Product Monographs


Introduction


Monopreparations


Pycnogenol (French Maritime Pine Bark Extract)


Multi-herb Proprietary Product Monographs


Alluna


Esberitox


Euvegal forte


Hochu-ekki-to


Hova


Liv. 52


Mastodynon


Nutrilite Saw Palmetto with Nettle Root


Padma Basic/Padma 28


Phytodolor


Prostagutt forte


Sinupret


References


Appendix


Reviewers


General References


Commercial Products Used in Clinical Studies Listed in Single Herb Monographs


Commercial Products Used in Clinical Studies Listed in Proprietary Herbal Product Monographs


Company Contact Information for Commercial Products Used in Clinical Studies


Top-Selling Herbal Supplements in Food, Drug, and Mass Market Retail Outlets


Recent Studies


Abbreviations and Symbols


Glossary


Post Test


Applications For Receiving Credit


Index