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Herbs and Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Guide 3e presents evidence-based information on the 130 most popular herbs, nutrients and food supplements used across Australia and New Zealand.
Organised alphabetically by common name, each herb or nutrient listed includes information such as daily intake, main actions/indications, adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions, safety in pregnancy, and more.
The new edition has been expanded with 2 new chapters (Pregnancy and Wellness) and 10 additional monographs (Arginine, Dunaliella, Elde, Goji, Pelargonium, Prebiotics, Red Yeast Rice, Rhodioloa, Shatavari and Taurine).
KEY FEATURES
> Provides current, evidence-based information on herbal, nutritional and food
> Supplements used in Australia and New Zealand
> User-friendly and organised by A-Z herbal monographs, making information easy to find
> Appendices offer important additional information for the safe use of herbal and nutritional supplements,
> Including a list of poison centres, associations, manufacturers plus much more.
> Clear and comprehensive tables including Herb/Natural Supplement - Drug Interactions and Pharmacological > Actions of all Herbs and Natural Supplements listed
> Glossary of terms
NEW TO THIS EDITION
> 2 unique and comprehensive chapters - Herbs and natural supplements in pregnancy and Introduction to wellness.
> All chapters completely updated and expanded.
> 10 NEW monographs to be added to the existing 120
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1: HERBAL & NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS
1: Introduction to Complementary Medicine
2: Introduction to Herbal Medicine
3: Introduction to Clinical Nutrition
4: Introduction to Aromatherapy
Introduction to Food as Medicine
SECTION 2: CLINICAL PRACTICE
6: Introduction to Practice of Integrative Medicine
7: Safety and complementary medicine
8: Interactions with herbal and natural medicines
9: Preoperative Care: Considerations
10: Cancer and Safety of Complementary Medicines
11: Herbs and Natural Supplements in pregnancy
12: Introduction to Wellness
SECTION 3: MONOGRAPHS (A-Z)
Herb Name
Common Name
Latin binomial/class
Other names
Plant part used
Key chemical components
Main actions
Other actions
Main indications and evidence
Other uses
Dosage range
Adverse reactions
Significant interactions
contraindications and precautions
Pregnancy use
Practice points
Common questions
References
Nutrient Name
Background and relevant pharmacokinetics
Key chemical compounds (where applicable)
Food sources (where applicable
Deficiency signs and symptoms (where applicable)
Main actions
Other actions
Main indications and evidence
Other indications
Dosage range
Toxicity (if known)
Adverse reactions
Significant interactions
Contraindications and precautions
Pregnancy use
Practice points
Common questions
References
SECTION 4: APPENDICES
BOOK ONLY
Appendix 1 - Glossary
Appendix 2 - Herb/nutrient - drug interactions
Appendix 3 - Poisons information centres
Appendix 4 - Teaching institutes, manufacturers and on-line resources
Appendix 5 - Guide to safe use of complementary medicine during preoperative
Period (table 1 from chapter 9)
eBook Appendices
Appendix 1 - Glossary
Appendix 2 - Herb/nutrient - drug interactions
Appendix 3 - Poisons information centres
Appendix 4 - Teaching institutes, manufacturers
and on-line resources
Appendix 5 - Guide to safe use of complementary medicine during preoperative period (table 1 from chapter 9) Appendix 6 - Clinical use and safety of vitamins and minerals
Appendix 7 - Evidence base for physiological activities of herbs and supplements.
