Principles and practice of phytotherapy : modern herbal medicine / Kerry Bone, Simon Mills ; forewords Michael Dixon, Mark Blumenthal
Imprint
Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2013
Edition
2nd ed
Descript
xxiv, 1051 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
CONTENT
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Background and strategies -- 1. Herbal therapeutic systems -- 2. Principles of herbal pharmacology -- 3. Principles of herbal treatment -- 4. Validating herbal therapeutics -- 5. Optimising safety -- pt. TWO Practical clinical guides -- 6. Dosage and dosage forms in herbal medicine -- 7.A systematic approach to herbal prescribing -- 8. Herbal approaches to pathological states -- Topical applications -- Fever -- Infectious diseases -- Inflammatory and autoimmune diseases -- Fatigue and debility -- Malignant diseases -- 9. Herbal approaches to system dysfunctions -- Digestive system and bowel -- Biliary system -- The liver -- Cardiovascular system -- Respiratory system -- Urinary system -- Nervous system -- Female reproductive system -- Joint diseases -- Skin diseases -- Male reproductive system -- Endocrine disorders -- pt. THREE Materia Medica -- 10. How to use the monographs -- Andrographis -- Arnica flowers -- Astragalus -- Bearberry