Phytopharmacy

Author: Sarah E. Edwards
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118543564
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 438

Book Description
Healthcare professionals, including doctors, pharmacists and nurses, are often confronted with patients who use over-the-counter (OTC) herbal medicinal products and food supplements. While taking responsibility for one’s own health and treatment options is encouraged, many patients use these products based on limited (and sometimes inaccurate) information from non-scientific sources, such as the popular press and internet. There is a clear need to offer balanced, well-informed advice to patients, yet a number of studies have shown that, generally, conventionally trained health practitioners consider their knowledge about herbal medicinal products and supplements to be weak. Phytopharmacy fills this knowledge gap, and is intended for use by the busy pharmacist, nurse, or doctor, as well as the ‘expert patient’ and students of pharmacy and herbal medicine. It presents clear, practical and concise monographs on over a hundred popular herbal medicines and plant-based food supplements. Information provided in each monograph includes: • Indications • Summary and appraisal of clinical and pre-clinical evidence • Potential interactions • Contraindications • Possible adverse effects An overview of the current regulatory framework is also outlined, notably the EU Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive. This stipulates that only licensed products or registered traditional herbal medicinal products (THRs), which have assured quality and safety, can now legally be sold OTC. Monographs are included of most of the major herbal ingredients found in THRs, and also some plant-based food supplements, which while not strictly medicines, may also have the potential to exert a physiological effect.

Evidence-Based Validation of Herbal Medicine

Author: Pulok K. Mukherjee
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0323984568
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 858

Book Description
Evidence-Based Validation of Herbal Medicines: Translational Research on Botanicals brings together current thinking and practice in the characterization and validation of natural products. The book describes different approaches and techniques for evaluating the quality, safety and efficacy of herbal medicine, particularly methods to assess their activity and understand compounds responsible and their probable underlying mechanisms of action. This book brings together the views, expertise and experiences of scientific experts in the field of medicinal plant research, hence it will be useful for researcher who want to know more about the natural lead with their validation and also useful to exploit traditional medicines. Includes state-of-the-art methods for detecting, isolating and performing structure elucidation by degradation and spectroscopic techniques Highlights the trends in validation and value addition of herbal medicine with different scientific approaches used in therapeutics Contains several all-new chapters on topics such as traditional-medicine-inspired drug development to treat emerging viral diseases, medicinal plants in antimicrobial resistance, TLC bio profiling, botanicals as medicinal foods, bioprospecting and bioassay-guided isolation of medicinal plants, immunomodulators from medicinal plants, and more

Evidence-based Herbal Medicine

Author: Michael Rotblatt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 484

Book Description
A handbook of practical, objective, and clinically oriented information on the use of herbalism in health care. Potentially useful herbal medicines are differentiated from the many popular herbs of dubious value A "report card" format allows quick reading and easy access to relevant information Herbs are graded, with grades determined by usefulness, effectiveness, availability, and safety Handbook size-can be carried in lab coat Analyses-based on controlled studies, or meta-analyses or systematic reviews of the primary literature Sections of each report card include: Uses; Pharmacology; Clinical Trials; Adverse Effects; Preparations and Dose; Contraindications, Interactions, and Warnings; Conclusion and Recommendations; References An appendix lists and reviews other herbal medicine information resources Nonherbal dietary supplements also are addressed in a separate section.

Herbal Medicinal Products

Author: Frauke Gaedcke
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780849310232
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Herbal medicinal products are becoming more widely accepted as alternatives to medical prescriptions. Many physicians believe that herbal medicinal products are able to beneficially complement or even replace chemical medicines. Recognizing this, European institutions are pushing the harmonization of assessment criteria for herbal medicinal products. However, this kind of reevaluation of herbal medicinal products is combined with increased expectations of physicians, pharmacists, and patients with regard to quality, safety and efficacy. There are often uncertainties about the interpretation of basic terms related to the manufacture and quality of herbal medicinal products. Herbal Medicinal Products clarifies these uncertainties, increasing transparency in the herbal medicinal products market and supporting an adequate scientific discussion related to herbal medicinal products. It offers a complete survey on current scientific knowledge, as well as on legal basic requirements for the development, standardization, and licensing of herbal medicinal products.

Herbal Medicines

Author: Joanne Barnes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 552

Book Description
Skunk cabbage 438; Slippery elm 440; Squill 442, St. John's wort 444; Stone root 459; Tansy 460; Thyme 462; Uva-ursi 465; Valerian 468; Vervain 477; Wild carrot 479; Wild lettuce 482; Willow 484; Witch hazel 486; Yarrow 489; Yellow dock 492; Yucca 494; App. 1: Potential drug-herb interactions 497; App. 2: Laxative herbal ingredients 501; App. 3: Cardioactive herbal ingredients 501; App. 4: Diuretic herbal ingredients 502; App. 5: Hypotensive and hypertensive herbal ingredients 502; App. 6: Anticoagulant and coagulant herbal ingredients 503; App. 7: Hypolipidaemic and hyperlipidaemic herbal ingredients 503; App. 8: Sedative herbal ingredients 503; App. 9: Hypoglycaemic and hyperglycaemic herbal ingredients 504; App. 10: Hormonally active herbal ingredients 504; App. 11: Immunomodulating herbal ingredients 504; App. 12. Allergenic herbal ingredients 505; App. 13: Irritant herbal ingredients 505; App. 14: Herbal ingredients containing amines or alkaloids, or with sympathomimetic action 506; App. 15: Anti-inflammatory herbal ingredients 506; App. 16. Antispasmodic herbal ingredients 507; App. 17: Herbal ingredients containing coumarins 507; App. 18: Herbal ingredients containing flavonoids 507; App. 19: Herbal ingredients containing iridoids 507; App. 20: Herbal ingredients containing saponins 507; App. 21: Herbal ingredients containing tannins 507; App. 22: Herbal ingredients containing volatile oils 507; App. 23. Council of Europe. Categories for natural sources of flavouring (report N. 1 Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2000) 508.

Herbal Medicines

Author: Joanne Barnes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780853696230
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 730

Book Description
Written by experts in the fields of pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, phytopharmacy, clinical herbal medicines, phytopharmacovigilance and regulation of herbal medicinal products, Herbal Medicines is an invaluable reference text for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who require evidence-based information on herbal medicines used for treatment and prevention of health problems.

Herbs and Natural Supplements, Volume 1

Author: Lesley Braun
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 0729581721
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
Herbs and Natural Supplements, 4th Edition: An evidence-based guide is an authoritative, evidence-based reference. This two volume resource is essential to the safe and effective use of herbal, nutritional and food supplements. The first volume provides a foundation of knowledge in the clinical practice of complementary medicine. It emphasises safe practice with strategies to prevent adverse drug reactions, guidelines in assessing benefit, risk and harm and the evaluation of research. Comprehensive review of herbal medicine, clinical nutrition, aromatherapy, and food as medicine Patient safety and wellness Considerations in preoperative care and pregnancy Use in the treatment of cancer Herb/nutrient – drug interactions. Provides up-to-date evidence on the latest research impacting on herbal and natural medicine by top leaders within the fields of Pharmacy, Herbal Medicine and Natural Medicine.

Herbs and Natural Supplements Inkling

Author: Lesley Braun
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 0729579107
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1236

Book Description
A must-have health companion for herbalists, naturopaths, complementary medicine practitioners and students Herbs and Natural Supplements, 3rd Edition: An evidence-based guide presents evidence-based information on the 130 most popular herbs, nutrients and food supplements used across Australia and New Zealand. This exhaustive textbook is organised alphabetically by each herb or nutrient’s common name. Herbs and nutrients are then accompanied by critical information such as daily intake, main actions and indications, adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions, safety in pregnancy and more. This new edition of Herbs and Natural Supplements has been expanded with new chapters on pregnancy and wellness. It also features 10 new monographs for Arginine, Dunaliella, Elde, Goji, Pelargonium, Prebiotics, Red Yeast Rice, Rhodioloa, Shatavari and Taurine. • provides current, evidence-based information on herbal, nutritional and food supplements used in Australia and New Zealand • is user-friendly and easily organised by easy-to-find A-Z herbal monographs • appendices offering important additional information for the safe use of herbal and nutritional supplements, including a list of poison information centres, associations, manufacturers and more • offers clear, comprehensive tables including herb/natural supplement - drug interactions • lists the pharmacological actions of all herbs and natural supplements • a glossary of terms relevant to herbs and natural supplements • two comprehensive new chapters: Herbs and Natural Supplements in Pregnancy and Introduction to Wellness • all chapters completely updated and expanded • ten new monographs taking the total to 130 • now also available as an eBook! A code inside Herbs and Natural Supplements, 3rd Edition: An evidence-based guide enables a full text download, allowing you to browse and search electronically, make notes and bookmarks in the electronic files and highlight material

Herbs and Natural Supplements, Volume 2

Author: Lesley Braun
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 072958173X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1384

Book Description
Herbs and Natural Supplements, 4th Edition: An evidence-based guide is an authoritative, evidence-based reference. This two-volume resource is essential to the safe and effective use of herbal, nutritional and food supplements. The second volume provides current, evidence-based monographs on the 132 most popular herbs, nutrients and food supplements. Organised alphabetically, each monograph includes daily intake, main actions and indications, adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions, safety in pregnancy and more. Recommended by the Pharmacy Board of Australia as an evidence-based reference works (print) that pharmacists are meant to have access to when dispensing Contributed content from naturopaths, GPs, pharmacists, and herbalists Useful in a clinical setting as well as a reference book. It provides up-to-date evidence on the latest research impacting on herbal and natural medicine by top leaders in Australia within the fields of Pharmacy, Herbal Medicine and Natural Medicine

Pocket Guide to Herbal Medicine

Author: Karin Kraft
Publisher: Thieme
ISBN: 9781588900630
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 508

Book Description
There is an herbal remedy for most ailments - and you will find the most important ones in this concise pocket guide. Co-authored by Karin Kraft, one of the members of the German Commission E, and Christopher Hobbs, a renowned North-American herbalist, this handy pocket guide gives you the decisive facts about important medicinal herbs, taking into consideration both major European monographs (Commission E and ESCOP) and up-to-date clinical trials. The book goes on to inform the reader on the usage of herbal remedies for a number of common indications. The book gives first-hand, easy to access information on the administration of herbal remedies for the medical practitioner and herbal therapist alike. Profit from the wealth of German tradition, extended by North American experience in the usage of herbal medicines.