Description
Herbs and Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Guide 3e presents evidence-based information on the 130 most popular herbs, nutrients and food supplements used across Australia and New Zealand. Organised alphabetically by common name, each herb or nutrient listed includes information such as daily intake, main actions/indications, adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions, safety in pregnancy, and more. The new edition has been expanded with 2 new chapters (Pregnancy and Wellness) and 10 additional monographs (Arginine, Dunaliella, Elde, Goji, Pelargonium, Prebiotics, Red Yeast Rice, Rhodioloa, Shatavari and Taurine).
Key Features
- provides current, evidence-based information on herbal, nutritional and food
- supplements used in Australia and New Zealand
- user-friendly and organised by A-Z herbal monographs, making information easy to find
- appendices offer important additional information for the safe use of herbal and nutritional supplements, including a list of poison centres, associations, manufacturers plus much more.
- clear and comprehensive tables including Herb/Natural Supplement - Drug Interactions and Pharmacological Actions of all Herbs and Natural Supplements listed
- a glossary of terms
New to this Edition
- NEW - 2 unique and comprehensive chapters - Herbs and natural supplements in pregnancy and Introduction to wellness.
- All chapters completely updated and expanded.
- 10 NEW monographs to be added to the existing 120.
- Now also available as an ebook! A code inside this text enables a full text download so you can browse and search electronically, make notes and bookmarks in the electronic files, and highlight material. Code and full installation notes inside.
Contents
Author Information
By Lesley Braun, PhD, Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Cardiothoracic Research Unit, Monash University (Alfred Hospital); visiting lecturer Monash, RMIT; Vice President of the National Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA) and Marc Cohen, MBBS, PhD (TCM), Professor & Head of Department of Complementary Medicine, RMIT University, Melbourne
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