Handbook of Herbs and Supplements and Their Therapy Uses

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This convenient reference provides information on 85 herbs,80 supplements, and 75 common conditions. - By Steven Bratman and Andrea Girman (2003) 1334 pages

Herbal and other dietary supplements continue to increase in popularity, making it vital for health professionals to have a reliable source of information on these therapies. This book provides at-a-glance information on approximately 85 herbs, 80 supplements, and 75 common conditions. This convenient pocket sized reference focuses on the issues most relevant to actual practice, such as drug interactions, safety issues, and identification of the natural products patients may be using.

· Rapidly identify drug interactions and other important safety issues: unique, condition-based approach allows physicians to identify natural therapies that might present risk to a particular patient

· Quickly assess the evidence behind natural therapies: strength-of-evidence scale ranks therapies from +4 to -2, with +4 indicating multiple double-blind trials of satisfactory design and size, and -2 indicating moderate to large negative double-blind trials

· For each condition find: approach to the patient, review of scientific evidence regarding proposed interactions, concise information on relevant drug-her-supplement interactions, and extensive references

· For each herb and supplement find: approach to the patient, review of scientific evidence regarding proposed uses, dosage and product information, mechanisms of action, safety issues, drug interactions, and extensive references

Date reviewed

15/01/2004

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