This essential handbook presents detailed monographs for approximately 300 commonly used herbal products and natural supplements--including 19 herbs new to this edition. Arranged in alphabetical order, each monograph incorporates authoritative information on common names, pronunciations (new), scientific names, origins, uses (reported and investigational), forms, dosages, contraindications, side effects and adverse reactions, interactions with herbs, drugs, foods, and lab tests, client considerations, pharmacology (pharmacokinetics, chemical components and actions) and references.
Individual Monographs: Acidophilus Aconite Agar Agrimony Alfalfa Allspice Aloe American hellebore Angelica Anise Arginine Arnica Artichoke Ash Astragalus Avens Balsam of Peru Barberry Barley Basil Bay Bayberry Bearberry Bee pollen Benzoin Betel palm Bethroot Betony Bilberry Birch Bistort Bitter melon Bitter orange Black catechu Black cohosh Black haw Black hellebore Black pepper Black root Blessed thistle Bloodroot Blue cohosh Blue flag Bogbean Boldo Boneset Borage Boswellia Brewers yeast Broom Buchu Buckthorn Bugleweed Burdock Butchers broom Butterbur Cacao tree Calumba Capsicum peppers Caraway Cardamom Carline thistle Carnitine Cascara sagrada Castor Catnip Cats claw Celandine Celery Centaury Chamomile Chaparral Chaste tree Chaulmoogra oil Cherry, wild Chestnut, horse Chickweed Chicory Chinese cucumber Chinese rhubarb Chitosan Chondroitin Chromium Cinnamon bark Clary Clematis Cloves Coenzyme Q10 Coffee Cohosh, black Cohosh, blue Cohosh, white Cola tree Coltsfoot Comfrey Condurango Coriander Corkwood Couchgrass Cowslip Cranberry Creatine Cucumber Cucumber, Chinese Daffodil Daisy Damiana Dandelion Devils claw DHEA Dill Dock, yellow Dogwood, Jamaican Dong quai Echinacea Elderberry Elecampane Ephedra Eucalyptus Evening primrose oil Eyebright False unicorn root Fennel Fenugreek Feverfew Figwort Flag, blue Flax Fo-ti Fumitory Galanthamine Garcinia Garlic Gentian Ginger Ginkgo Ginseng Ginseng, Siberian Glucomannan Glucosamine Goats rue Goldenrod Goldenseal Gossypol Gotu kola Grape, Oregon Grapeseed Green tea Ground ivy Guar gum Guarana Guggul Gum arabic Gum, guar Gum, karaya Gymnema Haw, black Hawthorn Hellebore, American Hellebore, black Hops Horehound Horse chestnut Horseradish Horsetail Hyssop Iceland moss Indigo Irish moss Ivy, ground Jaborandi tree Jamaican dogwood Jambul Jimsonweed Jojoba Juniper Kaolin Karaya gum Kava Kelp Kelpware Khat Khella Kudzu Ladys mantle Ladys slipper, yellow Lavender Lecithin Lemon balm Lemongrass Lentinan Licorice Lily of the valley Lobelia Lovage Lungwort Lycopene Lysine Madder Maitake Male fern Mallow Marigold Marjoram Marshmallow Mayapple Meadowsweet Melatonin Melon, bitter Milk thistle Mint Mistletoe Monascus Morinda Moss, Iceland Moss, Irish Motherwort Mugwort Mullein Mustard Myrrh Myrtle Neem Nettle New Zealand green-lipped mussel Night-blooming cereus Nutmeg Oak Oats Octaconsanol Oleander Oregano Oregon grape Pansy Papaya Parsley Parsley piert Passion flower Pau darco Peach Pectin Pennyroyal Pepper, black Peppers, capsicum Perilla Peyote Pill-bearing spurge Pineapple Pine bark Pipsissewa Plantain Pokeweed Pollen, bee Pomegranate Poplar Poppy Prickly ash Primrose oil, evening Propolis Pulsatilla Pumpkin Pycnogenol Pygeum Queen Annes lace Quince Quinine Ragwort Raspberry Rauwolfia Red bush tea Rhubarb, Chinese Root, black Rose hips Rue Safflower Saffron Sage SAM-e Santonica Sassafras Savory Saw palmetto Schisandra Senega Senna Shark cartilage Siberian ginseng Skullcap Slippery elm Sorrel Soy Spirulina Squill St. Johns wort Storax Tea tree oil Tea, green Tea, red bush Thistle, carline Thistle, milk Tonka bean Tree, cola Tree, Jaborandi Turmeric Valerian White cohosh Wild cherry Wild yam Wintergreen Witch hazel Yam, wild Yarrow Yellow dock Yellow ladys slipper Yerba maté Yerba santa Yew Yohimbe
Appendixes Herbal Resources Poison Control Centers Drug/Herb Interactions Nursing Programs with Complementary and Alternative Medicine Courses Botanical Atlas Pediatric Herbal Use Herbal Safety Index Glossary