Essential Guide to Herbal Safety

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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