1st Edition
Botanical Medicines The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements, Second Edition
1162 Pages
by
Routledge
1162 Pages
by
Routledge
1168 Pages
by
Routledge
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Answer patients’questions about botanical supplements quickly and easily! This informative book is a compendium of detailed scientific research on 34 of the most popular dietary supplements used in North America and Europe. Its coverage of pharmacological studies on the main medicinal plants used in clinical practice and sold in pharmacies in the Western world is more extensive than any... Read more
- Foreword
- Preface
- A Note on the Interpretation of Information on Pregnancy, Lactation, and Pediatrics in This Desk Reference
- Dietary Supplements
- Astragalus
- Bilberry
- Black Cohosh
- Capsicum
- Cat’s Claw
- Chamomile
- Cordyceps
- Cranberry
- Dong Quai
- Echinacea
- Eleuthero
- Ephedra (Ma Huang)
- Evening Primrose Oil
- Feverfew
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Ginkgo Biloba
- Ginseng
- Goldenseal
- Grape Seed
- Green Tea
- Hawthorn
- Horse Chestnut
- Kava
- Licorice
- Milk Thistle
- Red Yeast Rice
- Reishi
- Saw Palmetto
- Schisandra
- St. John’s Wort
- Uva Ursi
- Valerian
- Vitex
- Appendix I: A Note About Quality in Botanical Supplements
- Appendix II: DSHEA: What are the Key Provisions?
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Dennis J Mckenna, Kenneth Jones, Kerry Hughes, Virginia M Tyler
