Principles and Practice of Botanicals as an Integrative Therapy (Hardcover)

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.