ABSTRACT

HERBAL MEDICINE FROM A WESTERN POINT OF VIEW

Herbal remedies have become a major factor in American health care. Botanicals like Ginseng, Ma Huang, St. John's Wort, and Valerian are now household words throughout the world. Since many of these natural drugs are sold over the counter, often consumers mistakenly assume that they are completely

chapter 1|24 pages

ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES

chapter 2|26 pages

HERBAL THERAPEUTICS THEN AND NOW

chapter 3|34 pages

VITAMINS AND DIET*

chapter 4|22 pages

DIETARY ANTIOXIDANTS

chapter 5|8 pages

FOOD–DRUG INTERACTIONS

chapter 6|14 pages

HERB–DRUG INTERACTIONS

chapter 9|16 pages

ALOE AND COLON FUNCTION

chapter 10|8 pages

ALKALOIDS

chapter 11|8 pages

MANUKA AND FUNGAL DISEASES

chapter 13|16 pages

BELLADONNA

chapter 14|6 pages

BOTULINUM TOXIN

chapter 15|4 pages

BRUSSELS SPROUTS

chapter 16|18 pages

CANNABIS, OR MARIJUANA

chapter 17|10 pages

CINCHONA TREE

chapter 18|2 pages

CAPSICUM, ROSEMARY, AND TURMERIC

chapter 19|4 pages

CAROTENOIDS

chapter 20|26 pages

COCA

chapter 21|4 pages

CHOCOLATE

chapter 22|6 pages

COLCHICINE AND GOUT

chapter 23|8 pages

COMPOSITAE

chapter 24|10 pages

CURARE AND NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE

chapter 25|14 pages

DAFFODIL AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

chapter 27|14 pages

ERGOT, ITS ALKALOIDS, AND HEADACHE

chapter 28|6 pages

FOLATEIN FRUIT

chapter 29|12 pages

FLAVONOIDS

chapter 31|6 pages

GINKGO BILOBA

chapter 32|10 pages

GINSENG AND CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION

chapter 33|4 pages

GREEN AND BLACK TEAS

chapter 34|8 pages

HORSERADISH AND ANTIPLATELET ACTIONS

chapter 35|10 pages

PLANTS AND DIABETES

chapter 36|14 pages

Hypericum (St. John’s Wort) and Depression

chapter 37|8 pages

IPECAC

chapter 38|6 pages

ALGAE

chapter 39|10 pages

TOMATOES

chapter 40|4 pages

MARINE THERAPEUTICS

chapter 41|34 pages

MORPHINE

chapter 43|2 pages

OLIVES AND OLIVE OIL

chapter 44|20 pages

ONION AND GARLIC

chapter 45|6 pages

PILOCARPINE AND GLAUCOMA

chapter 46|6 pages

PLANTAIN HAS IMMUNOENHANCING ACTIONS

chapter 47|4 pages

PYCNOGENOL

chapter 49|8 pages

RESERPINE

chapter 50|6 pages

RHUBARB

chapter 51|4 pages

SAFFRON

chapter 52|18 pages

SALICYLATE

chapter 53|8 pages

SHENG JING AND MALE INFERTILITY

chapter 54|24 pages

SPONGES AND STEROIDS

chapter 55|10 pages

Taxol® (Paclitaxel) and Cancer Chemotherapy

chapter 56|6 pages

HERBAL PLANTS AND TUBERCULOSIS

chapter 57|10 pages

ULCER THERAPY WITH HERBAL MEDICINE

chapter 58|14 pages

VALERIAN FOR SLEEP DISORDERS

chapter 59|8 pages

WINE

chapter 60|6 pages

YOGURT AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM