Herbs and Natural Supplements, Volume 2
An Evidence-Based Guide
Lesley Braun (Author), Marc Cohen (Author)
9780729541725
Paperback / softback, published 3 March 2015
1384 pages
27 x 18 x 8.2 cm, 2.213 kg
"This is a comprehensive and reputable resource on herbal products and nutrients for clinicians who interact with [the increasing number of] patients who use alternative medicine." -Melissa M. Ranieri, BS, PharmD (Temple University School of Pharmacy) Doody Score: 100 – 5 Stars
Herbs and Natural Supplements, 4th Edition: An evidence-based guide is an authoritative, evidence-based reference. This two-volume resource is essential to the safe and effective use of herbal, nutritional and food supplements. The second volume provides current, evidence-based monographs on the 132 most popular herbs, nutrients and food supplements. Organised alphabetically, each monograph includes daily intake, main actions and indications, adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions, safety in pregnancy and more.
Adhatodha Albizzia Aloe vera Alpha lipoic acid Andrographis Astragalus Baical skullcap Bergamot Beta-carotene Bilberry Bitter melon Bitter Orange/citrus aurantium Black cohosh Brahmi Calcium Calendula Carnitine Celery Chaste tree (Vitex) Chickweed Chitosan Chondroitin Chromium Cinnamon Cloves Cocoa Coenzyme Q10 Colostrum Coriolus versicolor Cranberry Creatine Damiana Dandelion Devil’s claw Dunaliella salina Echinacea Elder Eucalyptus Fenugreek Feverfew Fish oils Flaxseed oil Folate Garlic Gentian Ginger Ginkgo biloba Ginseng — Korean Globe artichoke Glucosamine Goji Goldenrod Goldenseal Grapeseed Green tea Guarana Gymnema Hawthorn Honey Hops Horse chestnut Horseradish Iodine Iron Kava L-arginine Lavender Lemon balm L-Glutamine Licorice L-Lysine Lutein and zeaxanthin Maca Magnesium Meadowsweet Mullein Myrrh New Zealand green-lipped mussel Nigella Noni Oats Passionflower Pelargonium Peppermint Perilla Policosanol Prebiotics Probiotics Psyllium Pygeum Quercetin Raspberry leaf Red clover Red rice yeast extract Rhodiola Rosehip Rosemary S-Adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe) Saffron Sage Saw palmetto Schisandra Selenium Shark cartilage Shatavari Siberian Ginseng Slippery elm Soy St John’s Wort St Mary’s thistle Stinging nettle Taurine Tea tree Thyme Tribulus Tulsi Turmeric Tyrosine Valerian Vitamin A Vitamin B1 Vitamin B12 Vitamin B2 — riboflavin Vitamin B5 — pantothenic acid Vitamin B6 Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Wild Yam Willowbark Withania Zinc
Subject Areas: Traditional medicine & herbal remedies [VXHT], Complementary medicine [MX], Pharmacology [MMG], Medicine: general issues [MB]