Principles and Practice of Botanicals as an Integrative Therapy / edited by Anne Hume, Katherine Kelly Orr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Orr, Katherine Kelly, editor.

Hume, Anne, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Integrative medicine.

Herbs--Therapeutic use.

Herbs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The purpose of this book is to focus on major considerations in the clinical use of botanicals as an integrated therapy in current health care. The book uses an organ system approach to presenting clinical evidence on the use of botanicals for common conditions. The chapters include brief sections on background and pharmacognosy, preparation and do.

Contents:

Global perspectives on botanicals in healthcare. Epidemiology of botanical use worldwide. Information resources, retrieval, sources and evaluation of clinical botanical literature. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic issues with botanical medicines. Principles of botanical-botanical and botanical-drug interactions. Evaluating adverse effects associated with botanicals. Botanical considerations in special populations. Effective communication about botanicals between patients and providers. Cardiovascular disease. Gastrointestinal disease. Endocrine diseases. Women's Health. Men's Health. Neurologic conditions. Psychiatric disorders. Infectious diseases. Dermatologic conditions. Rheumatologic diseases. Palliative care.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed on June 26, 2023).

ISBN:

0-429-53227-X

0-429-19598-2

9780429195983

OCLC:

1091895045