Essential Guide to Herbal Safety

Essential Guide to Herbal Safety

Code: BK3819

  Mills, S. & Bone, K.
  2005
  Western herbs - E03
  Compl./Alternative Medicine (E1-E8)

Description

This book contains comprehensive reviews, in monograph format,of the published safety data for 125 common herbs. Includes coverage of issues of quality, interactions, adverse reactions, toxicity, allergy, and sensitivity. - By Simon Mills & Kerry Bone

This comprehensive guide offers:

- The most current and authoritative information on safety
issues in herbal medicine.
- 12 chapters on safe herbal use as well as 125 well
researched monographs on commonly used herbs.
- Clear information on using the most current evidence-based
reviews, with factors that influence herbal safety including
negative placebo effects, various types of unpredictable
effects, the basis for interactions between herbs and
drugs, and quality issues.
- 2 useful appendices and an established grading system for
assessing herbal safety during pregnancy and lactation.
- Thorough critiques of the dominant misinformation in the
media and medical journals on herb safety issues, including
a risk-benefit assessment chapter on Kava with 83
documentated case studies on its hepatotoxicity and effects.

Date reviewed

11/05/2005

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