Herbal medicine : chaos in the marketplace / Rowena K. Richter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richter, Rowena K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herbs--Law and legislation--United States.

Herbs.

Herbs--Therapeutic use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Americans seeking herbal medicines now face confusion and even danger. There is great potential for these medicines to improve the health of consumers--if current regulations can be revised!</br></br>Herbal Medicine: Chaos in the Marketplace is a prize-winning critique of the regulation and business of herbal medicine in the United States. It is the first book that examines the big picture issues-it tells the story of how the present situation developed, looks at what it means for consumers, compares approaches taken in other industrialized countries, and recommends where we need to go from he

Contents:

part I. Introduction

part II. Review of regulations

part III. Illustrative examples

part Ivolume Analysis of current and potential impact on public health

part volume Conclusion.

Notes:

First published by the Haworth Herbal Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 13, 2013).

ISBN:

1-135-42021-1

0-7890-1620-6

1-315-04387-4

1-135-42014-9

9781315043876

OCLC:

870591531