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  • Clinical Herbalism

    Plant Wisdom from East and West
    • 1st Edition
    • Rachel Lord
    • English
    The only textbook of its kind, Clinical Herbalism: Plant Wisdom from East and West is an ideal resource for anyone interested in herbal therapy. With comprehensive, clearly written coverage of Western and Chinese herbs for each body system, this brand-new text offers case histories, along with easy-to-understand instructions for preparing tinctures, percolations, dual extractions, and much more.

  • Manual de fitoterapia

    • 3rd Edition
    • Encarna Castillo García + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Este exhaustivo tratado de fitoterapia describe las características botánicas de las plantas, así como la actividad farmacológica, indicaciones, dosis, y seguridad de las mismas, haciendo hincapié en las contraindicaciones y los efectos adversos. La tercera edición del Manual de Fitoterapia constituye un compendio para la utilización de remedios naturales, principalmente plantas medicinales, de forma racional y basada en el conocimiento. Presenta la fitoterapia y su relación con las diferentes partes del cuerpo y sus dolencias, el protocolo de actuación, así como los nombres científicos y vulgares de cada una de las plantas. Además de la revisión y la actualización del contenido, esta tercera edición incluye dos capítulos nuevos: «Fitoterapia para la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal» y «Fitoterapia para las patologías oculares». Escrita por especialistas conocedores de todas las áreas relacionadas con las plantas medicinales (botánica, farmacología, fitoquímica, fitoterapia e industria farmacéutica), se dirige tanto a profesionales de la medicina, la farmacia y la enfermería como a los docentes y estudiantes universitarios de estas disciplinas, así como también al gran público que esté interesado en la materia.

  • The Practice of Chinese Medicine

    The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs
    • 3rd Edition
    • Giovanni Maciocia + 1 more
    • English
    Use Traditional Chinese Medicine in diagnosing and treating disease! Maciocia’s The Practice of Chinese Medicine, 3rd Edition describes how to apply TCM theory to the diagnosis and treatment of disorders and conditions frequently encountered in practice. Covering common, chronic, and acute conditions, Maciocia’s provides guidelines to treatment with both acupuncture and Chinese herbs. Case studies offer real-world insights into determining effective treatment care. From an expert team of editors who were close to the late Giovanni Maciocia and who practice "the Maciocia way," this practical, illustrated text makes it easier to apply TCM in Western medical practice.

  • Textbook of Natural Medicine

    • 5th Edition
    • Joseph E. Pizzorno + 1 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Complementary & Integrative Health**

  • Essential Herbs and Natural Supplements

    • 1st Edition
    • Lesley Braun + 1 more
    • English
    Essential Herbs and Natural Supplements is an evidence-based quick reference guide. This go-to resource is essential for safe and effective clinical recommendations of herbal medicines and natural supplements. It provides current, evidence-based monographs on the 50 most commonly used herbs, nutrients and food supplements. It emphasises safe practice with strategies to prevent adverse drug reactions, guidelines in assessing benefit, risk and harm and the evaluation of research.

  • Leitfaden Phytotherapie

    Mit Zugang zur Medizinwelt
    • 5th Edition
    • Heinz Schilcher + 2 more
    • German
    Dieses allumfassende Nachschlagewerk sollte in keiner ärztlichen Praxis, Naturheilpraxis oder Apotheke fehlen. Es bietet Ihnen: Beschreibung von 225 Arzneipflanzen von A-Z nach den Kategorien: Inhaltsstoffe, Wirkungen, Wirkmechanismen, Indikation, Kontraindikationen, Dosierung, Darreichungsform / 135 Krankheitsbilder nach Organsystemen – jeweils mit differenzialdiagnost... Phytotherapie, priorisierter Präparate-Empfehlung und Studien zu einzelnen Präparaten. Neu in der 5. Auflage: Grundlagen: an neue arzneimittelrechtlic... Bestimmungen angepasst / Pflanzenprofile: um die Indikationen der HMPC-Monographien erweitert, die Indikationen der WHO- und ESCOP-Monographien jetzt ins Deutsche übersetzt, Präparate und Studien aktualisiert / Tabelle mit allen Drogen und Übersicht, welche Monografie es von welcher Kommission gibt / neues Kapitel „Phytotherapie in der Geriatrie“! Der Käufer des Buches hat zeitlich begrenzten kostenfreien Zugang* zur Online-Version des Titels auf „Elsevier-Medizinwel... Die Vorteile auf einen Blick: - Optimal für unterwegs oder zum schnellen Nachschlagen - Mit Suchfunktion zum schnellen Finden der richtigen Textstellen - Mit zahlreichen zeitsparenden Features und Zusatzinhalten wie z.B. ????????????????????... *Angebot freibleibend

  • Herbs and Natural Supplements, 2-Volume set

    An Evidence-Based Guide
    • 4th Edition
    • Lesley Braun + 1 more
    • English
    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. Volume 1: The first volume provides a foundation of knowledge in the clinical practice of complementary medicine. It emphasises safe practice with strategies to prevent adverse drug reactions, guidelines in assessing benefit, risk and harm and the evaluation of research. Volume 2: The second volume provides current, evidence-based monographs on the 132 most popular herbs, nutrients and food supplements.

  • Herbs and Natural Supplements, Volume 1

    An Evidence-Based Guide
    • 4th Edition
    • Marc Cohen + 1 more
    • English
    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 first volume provides a foundation of knowledge in the clinical practice of complementary medicine. It emphasises safe practice with strategies to prevent adverse drug reactions, guidelines in assessing benefit, risk and harm and the evaluation of research.

  • Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy

    Modern Herbal Medicine
    • 2nd Edition
    • Kerry Bone + 1 more
    • English
    The authoritative and comprehensive modern textbook on western herbal medicine - now in its second edition This long-awaited second edition of Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy covers all major aspects of herbal medicine from fundamental concepts, traditional use and scientific research through to safety, effective dosage and clinical applications. Written by herbal practitioners with active experience in clinical practice, education, manufacturing and research, the textbook is both practical and evidence based. The focus, always, is on the importance of tailoring the treatment to the individual case. New insights are given into the herbal management of approxiately 100 modern ailments, including some of the most challenging medical conditions, such as asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and other complex autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, and there is vibrant discussion around the contribution of phytotherapy in general to modern health issues, including health ageing. Fully referenced throughout, with more than 10, 000 citations, the book is a core resource for students and practitioners of phytotherapy and naturopathy and will be of value to all healthcare professionals - pharmacists, doctors, nurses - with an interest in herbal therapeutics.

  • The Western Herbal Tradition

    2000 years of medicinal plant knowledge
    • 1st Edition
    • Graeme Tobyn + 2 more
    • English
    The Western Herbal Tradition provides a comprehensive and critical exploration of the use of plant medicines through 2000 years of history from Dioscorides to the present day. It follows each of the 27 herbs through a wide range of key sources from European, Arabic and American traditions including Greek, Roman and Renaissance texts. A rich discussion of the historical texts is balanced with current application and research. The herbs have been selected on the basis of common use by practising herbalists. Each illustrated monograph contains: Species, identification and botanical description A study of the characterisation and medicinal use of the plants consistently drawn from featured herbals which includes the authors’ own translations from the Latin Assessment of past and current texts in the transmission of herbal knowledge Consideration of traditional therapeutics, including humoral and physiomedical approaches Suggestions towards a modern experiential approach through Goethean methodology Current evidence on pharmacological constituents Review of evidence on safety Recommendations for internal and external uses, prescribing and dosage

  • The Consultation in Phytotherapy

    The Herbal Practitioner's Approach to the Patient
    • 1st Edition
    • Peter Conway
    • English
    The Consultation in Phytotherapy considers the means by which the herbal practitioner can seek to appreciate the patient's predicament. Written for both herbal medicine students and practitioners, the book takes a radical approach, challenging readers to reflect on the nature, scope and methods of the consultation in herbal practice. The author asserts that the effective consultation represents a therapeutic act in and of itself, and proposes strategies for maximising and realising this therapeutic potential. The book provides both a complement to, and a critique of, mainstream texts on clinical diagnosis and case management. It contrasts the herbal consultation with that occurring in conventional medicine and offers rationales, arguments and tools aimed at developing an enhanced capacity to achieve profound results in the herbal clinical encounter. About the Author Peter Conway is a practising medical herbalist and has been involved in developing and teaching on several BSc and MSc courses in herbal medicine. He is the President of the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy and a Director of the European Herbal and Traditional medicine Practitioners Association. Peter helped draft the National Professional Standards for Herbal Medicine and sat on the Department of Health Steering Group on the Statutory Regulation of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine.

  • Chinese Herbal Formulas: Treatment Principles and Composition Strategies

    • 1st Edition
    • Yifan Yang
    • English
    Traditionally the study of Chinese herbal formulas has involved memorizing hundreds of classic formulas, and recognizing and summarizing the relevant treatment rules and formula-making strategies in order to create appropriate formulas for treatment. This new book by Yifan Yang, author of Chinese Herbal Medicines: Comparisons and Characteristics (which pioneered the comparative method of single herb study), introduces a new approach to formula study. The reader is shown how to use the basic treatment rules and composition strategies, abstrated from hundreds of formulas, in order to create individual formulas for treating a variety of syndromes. The method is clear and easy to understand, with a systematic approach and an emphasis on essential knowledge. Key features 19 common syndromes and 60 sub-syndromes are described and discussed in detail, illustrated with clear line drawings Chinese diagnosis of syndromes are realated to the Western disease names Treatment principles and plans are given for each syndrome Principles of herb selection are introduced with recommendations and explanations of specific herbs in relation to each syndrome 166 classic formulas are given as examples Treatment strategies in complicated syndromes, treatment sequences, cautionary advice for herbs and combinations with Western drugs, dosage management in a variety of conditions and commonly used pairs of herbs are all discussed Detailed indexes and contents lists facilitate quick reference and searching within the text. Chinese Herbal Formulas: Treatment Principles and Composition Strategies is written by an experienced practitioner and lecturer of Chinese herbal medicine. It is the ideal companion to Chinese Herbal Medicines: Comparisons and Characteristics, by the same author.

  • Chinese Herbal Medicines: Comparisons and Characteristics

    • 2nd Edition
    • Yifan Yang
    • English
    Students and practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine must learn hundreds of commonly used herbs as the first step in studying Chinese herbal medicine. Additionally, junior practitioners lack the clinical experience required to ensure that they can skilfully select the appropriate herbs to use in the formulas. This presents them with a major challenge. Chinese Herbal Medicines: Comparisons and Characteristics presents a method of learning individual herbs through vivid and clear discussion of their characteristics and through a comparison with other herbs of their characteristics and strengths. This clear and logical approach makes it easy for the user to understand and memorize the functions of specific herbs. It also enables experienced practitioners to improve their therapeutic results through the use of better formulas. Key features of the new edition Retains the same easy to follow format as the first edition Presents detailed comparisons and discussions of commonly used Chinese herbs Provides a series of thought-provoking questions with very detailed answers Structured to help the reader to learn and memorize the content more easily The easy-to-use question-andanswer format is convenient to apply in the consulting room Includes discussion of clinical applications to help with the practical use of the information in clinical setting Revised and updated with particular emphasis on the safe use of Chinese herbal medicines New appendices provide information on safe dosages, commonly used herbal combinations and the meanings of Chinese words used in herbal names Provides a sound foundation for the study and practice of Chinese herbal medicine. Chinese Herbal Medicinse: Comparisons and Characteristics is already wellknown to students and practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine. This new, improved edition will continue to be of value to students and practitioners alike. It is now supported by a new companion volume by the same author entitled Chinese Herbal Formulas: Treatment Principles and Composition Strategies. Together these two books provide a sound foundation for the study and practice of Chinese herbal medicine.

  • Chinesische Arzneipflanzen

    Wesensmerkmale und klinische Anwendung - mit Zugang zum Elsevier-Portal
    • 1st Edition
    • Andreas Kalg
    • German
    Das Buch leistet Pionierarbeit, in dem es die Zusammenhänge zwischen der Erscheinungsform der Kräuter und ihrer Wirkung aufzeigt. Statt trockenem Lehrbuchwissen sind alle Informationen praxisnah und leicht verständlich aufbereitet. Ausgewählte Legenden mit direktem Bezug zur medizinischen Anwendung vertiefen das Wissen. Farbige Abbildungen der Arzneidrogen unterstützen das Verständnis und sorgen dafür, dass Sie sich das Gelernte dauerhaft einprägen. Der Code im Buch schaltet zusätzliche Inhalte im Internet frei: • Farbige Abbildungen der Arzneipflanzen zum Download • Fortlaufender Ausbau des Arzneipflanzen-Foto-...

  • Ayurveda

    The Divine Science of Life
    • 1st Edition
    • Todd Caldecott
    • English
    This unique one-of-a-kind book is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of Ayurveda, and discusses the practical use of therapies such as diet, exercise, yoga, meditation, massage, and herbal remedies. The book also includes detailed information on Ayurvedic pharmacology and pharmacy, clinical methods and examinations, and general treatment protocols. Plus, a helpful section provides a comprehensive materia medica of 50 Indian herbs that include botanical descriptions, traditional Ayurvedic knowledge, constituent data and the latest medical research, as well as clinical indications, formulations, and dosages.

  • Ayurvedic Medicine

    The Principles of Traditional Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Sebastian Pole
    • English
    This book aims to bring the unique theories and traditions of Ayurveda alive so that they are accessible to the complementary health practitioner of today. This book offers a clear, accessible and yet detailed guide to ayurvedic herbalism. It encompasses a brief history of herbalism in India, a discussion of principles, treatment strategies as well as traditional Ayurvedic pharmacy and pharmacology. The “theoretical” chapters complement the core of the book that includes over 100 plant profiles of Ayurvedic herbs and 50 traditional formulas.It is a clinical manual as well as a reference book which relates classical ayurvedic teachings to modern phytotherapy as well as specific bio-medical conditions.

  • Reshaping Herbal Medicine

    Knowledge, Education and Professional Culture
    • 1st Edition
    • Catherine O'Sullivan
    • English
    This is the first definitive book to draw on unique, unpublished, professional expertise about the reshaping of herbal medicine in the UK. This book outlines the outcomes of recent examinations, and poses challenging questions about the direction of future herbal medicine policy within the UK.

  • The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety

    • 1st Edition
    • Simon Y Mills + 1 more
    • English
    Winner of American Botanical Council's 2005 James A. Duke Botanical Literature Award, the Essential Guide to Herbal Safety offers a balanced and objective perspective on the principles of herbal medicine safety as well as the complex challenges relating to self-prescribed or professionally prescribed herbal medications and supplements. With contributions from leading international practitioners and authorities, it contains comprehensive reviews, in monograph format, of the published safety data for 125 common herbs. You'll also find coverage of issues of quality, interactions, adverse reactions, toxicity, allergy, contact sensitivity, and idiosyncratic reactions.

  • A Clinical Guide to Blending Liquid Herbs

    Herbal Formulations for the Individual Patient
    • 1st Edition
    • Kerry Bone
    • English
    This clinical guide and practical reference is ideal for those who use and combine liquid herbal remedies for the individual needs of the patient. With three introductory chapters, 125 monographs, and various glossaries and appendices, it covers the fundamental concepts of using liquid herbals, including how the remedies are made, quality issues, and dosage guidelines. The monographs include full prescribing information that covers actions, indications, contraindications, warnings and precautions, interactions, side effects, dosage, traditional usage, pharmacological research, clinical studies, and full references.

  • Herbs in the Treatment of Children

    Leading a Child to Health
    • 1st Edition
    • Julian P. Scott + 1 more
    • English
    Written by a leading practitioner in the field, this clear and practical guide describes the use of key Chinese and Western herbs in the treatment of childhood illnesses, focusing on methods of treatment that lead a child back to health rather than suppress symptoms. The book examines remedies used for a wide variety of common conditions and illnesses, and explores how to break the cycle of symptoms leading to a chronic condition. It conveys a solid understanding of the particular needs and unique aspects of treating children, at a level that is accessible to both the practitioner and the interested parent.