Rational Phytotherapy A Physicians’ Guide to Herbal Medicine
to the Fourth German Edition Rational Phytotherapy continues to add a truly significant dimen sion to the practice of evidence-based herbal medicine. Prepara tion of a new edition, so short a time after publication of the pre vious English version, was necessitated by the rapid increase in the nu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 4th ed. 2001 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Medicinal Plants, Phytomedicines, and Phytotherapy
- 1.1 Common Roots of Pharmacotherapy
- 1.2 Making Medicines Safer by Isolating and Modifying Plant Constituents
- 1.3 Pharmaceutical Preparation of Phytomedicines
- 1.4 Phytomedicines
- 1.5 Phytotherapy
- 1.6 Medicinal Teas Today
- 2 Central Nervous System
- 2.1 Ginkgo in the Treatment of Cognitive Deficiency
- 2.2 ST. John’s Wort as an Antidepressant
- 2.3 Kava as an Anxiolytic
- 2.4 Restlessness and Sleep Disturbances
- 3 Cardiovascular System
- 3.1 Heart Failure and Coronary Insufficiency
- 3.2 Hypotension and Hypertension
- 3.3 Atherosclerosis and Arterial Occlusive Disease
- 3.4 Chronic Venous Insufficiency
- 4 Respiratory System
- 4.1 Cold Syndrome (Flulike Infection)
- 4.2 General Phytotherapeutic Measures
- 4.3 Herbal Cough Remedies
- 4.4 Herbal Expectorants
- 4.5 Phytotherapy of Sinusitis
- 4.6 Drug Products
- 5 Digestive System
- 5.1 Anorexia and Dyspepsia
- 5.2 Bloating and Flatulence
- 5.3 Gastritis and Ulcer Disease
- 5.4 Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- 5.5 Acute Diarrhea
- 5.6 Constipation
- 5.7 Liver Diseases
- 6 Urinary Tract
- 6.1 Inflammatory Diseases of the Urinary Tract
- 6.2 Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- 6.3 Therapeutic Significance
- 6.4 Drug Products Other than Teas
- 6.5 Bladder and Kidney Teas
- 7. Gynecologic Indications for Herbal Remedies
- 7.1 Chasteberry
- 7.2 Black Cohosh
- 7.3 Phytoestrogens
- 7.4 Other Herbs
- 7.5 Therapeutic Significance
- 7.6 Drug Products
- 8 Skin, Trauma, Rheumatism, and Pain
- 8.1 Dosage Forms and Preparations
- 8.2 Inflammations and Injuries of the Skin
- 8.3 Post-traumatic and Postoperative Conditions
- 8.4 Rheumatic Conditions and Degenerative Joint Diseases
- 8.5 Treatment of Pain
- 8.6 Formulations
- 8.7 Drug Products
- 9 Agents that Increase Resistance toDiseases
- 9.1 Adaptogens
- 9.2 Immune Stimulants
- 9.3 Therapeutic Significance
- 10 Appendix The 100 Most Commonly Prescribed Herbal Medications in Germany