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Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs By Mark BlumenthalAlicia GoldbergJosef BrinckmannVarro Tyler ( American Botanical Council )
Release Date: 2000-02-15
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List Price: $59.95
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Product Description
The original compendium, The Complete German Commission E Monographs- Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines, developed by the American Botanical Council, set the benchmark as the leading government sanctioned authority on herbs. Now Herbal Medicine Expanded Commission E Monographs, selects the top 100 plus herbs and expands the depth of content, adding an extensive overview and supporting references to the literature. Full color photographs introduce each of over 100 herbs. Updated and expanded information enhances the value of the core Commission E material for quick referral and everyday use, including, extensive overviews and references, expanded sections on chemistry, pharmacology, contraindications, side effects, drug interactions, dosage and references, as well as name cross-reference, safety, quality, and proper use during pregnancy and lactation. Herbal Medicine provides in-depth information from the best clinical evidence and research to describe each herb's botany, history, composition, safety, and therapeutic use. It presents the quality and efficacy of specific herbal formulations, provides supporting references to the literature and discusses drug interactions, toxicity, and dosage and administration issues.
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 Subtle propaganda for the pharmaceutical companies
The authors of this book are key personalities of the American Botanical Council, an organization tirelessly committed to the takeover of herbal medicine by pharmaceutical companies, specifically German pharmaceutical companies that generously fund their company--and underwrite the production of their books. If you care about herbal medicine, don't give your money to this sinister organization!
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 Missing extremely important information
I am a clinical professor in a school of pharmacy and am admittedly biased toward traditional "western" medicine. However, any objective person would have to agree that there are major "gaps" in the information this book provides. In the section on St. John's wort, this book states that there are no known contraindications or drug interactions with St. John's wort. There are in fact serious drug interactions with this product, including anti-rejection drugs (resulting in at least one case of organ rejection in a renal transplant patient) and potentially fatal interactions with other anti-depressants (most importantly MAOIs). This book has extensive information on historical use of herbs, pharmacology and uses... but lacks important safety information. No clinician should use this book as his/her sole source of information on herbal products.
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 A reference book no professional herbalist can be without ( prairiepages )
As an avid reader (and writer) of books on herbal medicine, I have to say that Blumenthal, Goldberg, and Brinckmann's Herbal Medicine is simply the most authoritative reference for the use of Western herbs on the market today. Herbal Medicine--Expanded Commission E Monographs augments the "gold standard" of scientifically oriented herbal therapy, the Commission E Monographs, with histories, in-depth and comprehensive discussions of scientific research, color photos, and practical recommendations for the use of herbs in therapy, some of which are to be found in no other book. While the tone of the book is academic and the scientific complexity of the subject matter may scare away some potential readers, anyone who uses any of the herbs most commonly available in the USA today can profit by referring to this book.
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A core reference for traditional and alternative medicine. ( mwbookrevw )
Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs is an alphabetically presented dictionary of herbal plants and their known medicinal properties. Illustrated in color throughout, each herb is provided with its basic descriptive information including both popular and botanical name, and it's own bibliography for those seeking further and even more detailed information on medical applications. Herbal Medicine is a core volume for any serious personal or professional, mainstream or alternative, medical resource collection.
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