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The essential guide to herbal safety /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mills, Simon
Other Authors: Bone, Kerry
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, [2005]
Subjects:
Plants, Medicinal > adverse effects.
Table of Contents:
  • Safety issues
  • Introduction : what is herb safety
  • Adverse effects of herbal remedies : the case to answer
  • The adverse placebo effect and transient treatment reactions
  • Idiosyncratic drug reactions
  • Human-plant interactions
  • Adverse herb-drug interactions
  • Safety considerations during pregnancy and lactation
  • The impact of quality issues on the safety of herbal products
  • Safety concerns involving Chinese herbal medicine
  • Allergic reactions to herbal medicines
  • Pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines
  • Kava : a risk-benefit assessment
  • Safety monographs
  • How to use the monographs