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The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines By Bundesinstitut fur Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (Germany) ( Lippincott Williams & Wilkins )
Release Date: 1998-08-15
Average Customer Rating:
List Price: $99.95
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Product Description
'...represents the most accurate information available in the entire world on the safety & efficacy of herbs & phyto- medicinals.'-Varro Tyler,PhD (Purdue Univ.);'a refernce book ...that physicians can trust.'--Andrew Weil,MD (Univ. of AZ)
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 Outdated. See Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs ( stuart-little )
Very limited information in this book and it is not up to date. A great deal of more recent scientific research is not included.
If you want this type of book, the expanded version published in 2000 titled <> is more complete, but it too has flaws, but not nearly as many as this book. I can't think of any reason to buy this book instead of <>, unless for legal reasons one wants just the information from the Commission E Monographs and nothing more.
One very important difference between the Commission E Monographs and << Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs >> is the expanded book contains extensive references, photographs and additional resources. The Commission E Monographs contain none of the references used to evaluate the herb nor any photos.
Another related book is the << PDR for Herbal Medicines (Second Edition) >> it has considerably more monographs (700 herbs), but one serious flaw is the references are only listed at the end of each monograph. There is no way to know which reference a particular statement of fact came from. Thus it is very difficult to very a claim. At least the <> cites the source with the body of the text so any fact or claim can be verified or clarified by going to the cited source. The PDR has more European references, especially German references (which will not be useful to the average non European unless they know German) compared to the Expanded Commission book.
Note, the third edition of the << PDR for Herbal Medicines >> has the references cited within the body of the text and the monographs are much expanded from the second edition. A fourth edition will soon be available.
Other than the above I have nothing new to say that the other reviewers haven't already said. I have met Paul Berger and I agree one hundred percent with his review for this book. He is an experienced clinical herbalist and published author with an excellent reputation.
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 Not useful in practice, outdated safety information ( medical_herbalism )
The German equivalent of the FDA has a special section that approves or disapproves herbal medicines for sale, and states what claims may be made, and what cautions should be issued. The process for approval began more than 20 years ago, and approvals were finalized in the 1990s of a set of herbs. This book is a translation of the herb reports. The book is interesting historically, and perhaps legally, because here we have a modern industrialized country approving herbs for use, and not declaring them automatically to be either ineffective or dangerous without review, as is done by the US FDA. The book is almost useless, and sometimes dangerous for either the consumer or the herbal practitioner. The arcane rules and regulations of the commission have led to a book with bizarre contradictions and inconsistencies. Echinacea purpurea is approved for use. Echinacea angustifolia, the stronger herb in practice is not approved. To make matters more confusing, although Echiancea angustifolia is not approved, it is listed as contraindicated in autoimmune diseases because it might aggravate them. Which is it? Either it is an ineffective medicine or it is safe, it can't be both. The book is riddled with such inconsistencies. In some aspects of safety, the book is actually dangerous. In North American and British herbal practice, it is a common understanding that emmenagogue herbs (which promote menstrual flow) are contraindicated in early pregnancy. Several emmenagogues are described in the book, but none have any contraindication for pregnancy. In another matter, input into the monographs in the book was cut off in the early 1990s. A large body of research into herb side effects, and especially drug-herb interactions, has been published since that time, yet did not find its way into the book. The safety information is seriously out of date and incomplete. For reliability of the information, there is no way to check. By German law, the scientific references for the monographs are not available for review. This may be an important text in the history of herbal regulation in the modern world, but it is not recommended as a reference for common use.
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 What else one can say about this book? ( jjoacir )
If you work with Phythotherapy, you must have this book because it has real information. I believe that it is time to have the volume number wto. One is not enough.
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 Natural Medicine Education
The Complete German Commission E Monographs is a reference book that anyone dealing with natural medicine should have.
The knowledge gained from this book give one the tools to administer natural medicine in a much safer manner.
The book gives the uses,actions,doses,side effects,interactions with other medicines and contraindications.It also gives the duration of use for certain herbs.I highly recommend this book.
Cromwell Parris
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Important work if one understands its place ( dryarnell2 )
This is an important work, helping to document the validity of herbal medicine. However, it is not an all-encompassing work and obviously isn't referenced. Nevertheless, the German Commission E's method of publishing monographs based on the information gathered from companies, researchers, and practitioners (but apparently kept confidential) serves a useful purpose. It is always helpful to consult this text to get some solid conformation for common traditional uses. Every practitioner and researcher should have this book, though it certainly cannot be used in a vacuum.
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