Principles and practice of phytotherapy : modern herbal medicine / Simon Mills, Kerry Bone ; forewords by Desmond Corrigan, James A. Duke, Jonathan V. Wright.
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Edinburgh ; New York :
Churchill Livingstone,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Herb terminology
- Introduction
- Pt. 1: Background and strategies
- Herbal therapeutic systems
- Principles of herbal pharmacology
- Principles of herbal treatment
- Validating herbal therapeutics
- Optimizing safety
- Pt. 2: Practical clinical guides
- Dosage and dosage forms in herbal medicine
- A systematic approach to herbal prescribing
- Herbal approaches to pathological states
- Topical applications
- Fever
- Infectious diseases
- Auto-immune diseases
- Debility
- Malignant diseases
- Herbal approaches to system dysfunctions
- Digestive system and bowel
- Biliary system
- The liver
- Cardiovascular system
- Respiratory system
- Urinary system
- Nervous system
- Female reproductive system
- Joint diseases
- Skin diseases
- Pt. 3: Materia medica
- Andrographis
- Arnica flowers
- Astragalus
- Bearberry
- Berberis bark and hydrastis root
- Bilberry fruit
- Black cohosh
- Buchu
- Bupleurum
- Chamomile, German
- Chaste tree
- Chelidonium
- Citrus seed extract
- Devil's claw
- Dong quai
- Echinacea
- Evening primrose oil
- Eyebright
- Fennel fruit
- Feverfew
- Ginger
- Ginkgo
- Ginseng
- Globe artichoke
- Hawthorn
- Horsechestnut seed
- Kava
- Licorice
- Meadowsweet
- Melilotus
- Nettle
- Pau d'arco
- Peppermint
- Poke root
- Rehmannia
- Saw palmetto
- Siberian ginseng
- St. John's wort
- St. Mary's thistle
- Thyme
- Turmeric
- Valerian
- Witchhazel
- Withania
- Part 1. Background and Strategies:
- Traditional Herbal Therapeutic Systems
- Principles of Herbal Pharmacology
- Principles of Herbal Treatment
- Herbal Diagnosis
- Validating Herbal Therapeutics
- Optimising Safety
- Part 2. Practical Clinical Guides:
- Dosage Issues
- Herbal Approaches to Pathological States
- Herbal Approaches to System Dysfunctions
- A Systematic Approach to Herbal Prescribing
- Part 3. Materia Medica:
- Herb Monographs Bibliography
- Actions Index
- Symtoms and Conditions Index.