Research Catalog

Title

The ABC clinical guide to herbs / senior editor, Mark Blumenthal ... [et al.]. ; senior writers, Josef Brinckmann, Bernd Wollschlaeger.

Publication

Austin, Tex. : American Botanical Council, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Blumenthal, Mark
• Brinckmann, Josef (Josef A.)
• Wollschlaeger, Bernd

Description

xxx, 480 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Summary

"The ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs is a unique reference book and nationally accredited continuing education course for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dietitians and other healthcare professionals, and will be of great interest to herbalists and consumers. This book contains extensive information on 29 of the most popular herbs sold in the U.S. market today, including which products have shown safe and effective activity in published clinical trials. Each chapter contains a well-referenced, comprehensive therapeutic Monograph, a 2-page Clinical Overview for quick reference, and a 1-page Patient Information Sheet for the health professional to photocopy and give to patients. The ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs also reviews 13 proprietary products used in clinical studies." "Each monograph contains: primary uses (supported by clinical trials); potential uses (lower level of evidence); dosage and duration of use; pregnancy and lactation guidelines; contraindications, adverse effects, and drug interactions; pharmacological actions and mechanisms of action; clinical review and tables summarizing clinical trials; and brands used in clinical trials."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Herbs > Therapeutic use
• Materia medica, Vegetable
• Plant Extracts > therapeutic use
• Phytotherapy
• Plants, Medicinal

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 1588901572 (alk. paper)
• 3131323914 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2003045184

OCLC

• ocm51855474
• SCSB-8883564

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries