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Cover Image Title Page Dedication Acknowledgments Table of Contents Introduction Part 1: Introduction to Principles and Practices
Chapter 1: Herbs, Holism, and Science
DEFINING HERBS AND HERBALISM THERAPEUTIC ECOLOGY COMPLEMENTARY, ALTERNATIVE, OR ORTHODOX? TYPES OF HERBALISM HERBALISM AND HOMEOPATHY QUESTIONING AUTHORITY IN HERBALISM WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE? HERBS AND PHYTOTHERAPY HERBAL IMPERIALISM HERBAL MARKETPLACE VERSUS HERBAL MEDICINE SAFETY, RISK, AND TOXICITY THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE A PLEA FOR HERBAL TRADITIONS SCIENCE AND PHYTOTHERAPY PUBLISHED PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC RESEARCH PHARMACOGNOSY AND WAYS TO ASSESS HERB QUALITY SCREENING PROGRAMS THE U.S. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND HERBAL MEDICINE THE CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
Chapter 2: Classification of Medicinal Plants
PLANT TAXONOMY AND PHYTOTHERAPY DERIVATION OF BOTANICAL NAMES
Chapter 3: An Introduction to Phytochemistry
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PLANT METABOLITES ORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMONLY USED TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Chapter 4: Carbohydrates
CLASSIFICATION OF CARBOHYDRATES MONOSACCHARIDES OLIGOSACCHARIDES POLYSACCHARIDES GLYCOPROTEINS GLYCOSIDES GUMS AND MUCILAGES
Chapter 5: Lipids
CLASSIFICATION OF LIPIDS FATTY ACIDS LIPIDS CONTAINING GLYCEROL LONG-CHAIN ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS HYDROCARBONS
Chapter 6: Terpenes
CLASSIFICATION OF TERPENES MONOTERPENES SESQUITERPENES SESQUITERPENE LACTONES DITERPENOIDS SAPONINS CARDENOLIDES AND BUFADIENOLIDES PHYTOSTEROLS NORTRITERPENOIDS TETRATERPENOIDS PLANT EXUDATES
Chapter 7: Polyphenols
CLASSIFICATION OF PHENOLICS SIMPLE PHENOLS AND PHENOLIC ACIDS PHENYLPROPANOIDS AND CINNAMIC ACIDS QUINONES XANTHONES STILBENOIDS FLAVONOIDS REPRESENTATIVE CLASSES OF FLAVONOID AGLYCONES ISOFLAVONOIDS PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF FLAVONOIDS LIGNANS AND NEOLIGNANS TANNINS
Chapter 8: Alkaloids
OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES PYRROLIDINE AND PIPERIDINE ALKALOIDS TROPANE ALKALOIDS PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS PURINE ALKALOIDS ISOQUINOLINE ALKALOIDS INDOLE ALKALOIDS QUINOLINE ALKALOIDS QUINOLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS DITERPENOID ALKALOIDS STEROID ALKALOIDS MISCELLANEOUS ALKALOIDS
Chapter 9: Pharmacology
PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYTOTHERAPY PHARMACODYNAMICS ENZYMES ENZYMES AND HERBS RECEPTORS PHYTOESTROGENS PHARMACOKINETICS PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIONS IMMUNOMODULATORS INFLAMMATION AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS CANCER AND PLANT CONSTITUENTS CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS ANTIVIRAL AGENTS ANTIOXIDANTS AND FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS MECHANISMS OF ANTIOXIDANT PROTECTION PLANTS AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM HERBS AND THE LIVER HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS
Chapter 10: Toxicity, Contraindications, and Safety
EVALUATING CAUSALITY IN ADVERSE EVENTS HERB CONTRAINDICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS TYPES OF INTERACTIONS TOXICOLOGY DOSE ANIMAL TESTING FOR TOXICITY FACTORS AFFECTING TOXICITY IN HUMANS HAZARDS AND RISKS HERB TOXICITY THE NATURE OF POISONOUS PLANTS PLANT TOXINS SKIN REACTIONS CAUSED BY PLANTS PHOTOSENSITIVITY HERB TOXICITY UNRELATED TO CONSTITUENTS
Chapter 11: The Formulation and Preparation of Herbal Medicines
UNDERSTANDING THE OPTIONS THE BASICS OF PHYTOPHARMACY PRINCIPAL MODES OF EXTRACTION EMPLOYED IN TRADITIONAL PHYTOPHARMACY A COMPARISON OF OFFICIAL AND FOLK METHODS WATER-BASED PREPARATIONS INFUSIONS DECOCTIONS ALCOHOL-WATER PREPARATIONS FLUID EXTRACTS (FLUID EXTRACTA) SYRUPS AND ELIXIRS EMULSIONS (EMULSIONES) JUICES (SUCCI) LINCTUSES (LINCTI) MUCILAGES OXYMELS WATERS (AQUA) DRY PREPARATIONS EXTERNAL REMEDIES INCOMPATIBILITY
Part 2: Treatment Approaches by Body System
Chapter 12: A Model of Holistic Herbal Medicine
PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC SELECTION CRITERIA ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF HERBS ON THE INDIVIDUAL NONTHERAPEUTIC SELECTION CRITERIA USING HERBS IN THE CONTEXT OF A THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM THE ACTIONS OF HERBS APPLYING THE MODEL SELECTING RELEVANT HERBS DOSAGE AND FORMULATION CRITERIA OUTLINE OF TREATMENT CHAPTERS
Chapter 13:The Digestive System
HERBS AND GOOD DIET FIBER TOBACCO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS FLATULENCE CONSTIPATION DIARRHEA APHTHOUS ULCERS PERIODONTAL DISEASE ESOPHAGITIS AND GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX GASTRITIS PEPTIC ULCERS HIATUS HERNIA FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA PHYTOTHERAPY AND THE COLON IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE ULCERATIVE COLITIS DIVERTICULITIS PHYTOTHERAPY AND LIVER DISEASE JAUNDICE CHRONIC HEPATITIS VIRAL HEPATITIS CIRRHOSIS CHOLECYSTITIS CHOLELITHIASIS HEMORRHOIDS
Chapter 14: The Cardiovascular System
HERBS AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH LIFESTYLE AND RISK FACTORS NUTRITIONAL FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH WHAT IS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE? ELEVATED CHOLESTEROL HYPERTENSION ARTERIOSCLEROSIS CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE ANGINA PECTORIS PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE VARICOSE VEINS
Chapter 15: The Respiratory System
PREVENTION OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE HERBS AND THE LOWER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE COUGH BRONCHITIS ACUTE BRONCHITIS CHRONIC BRONCHITIS PERTUSSIS ASTHMA EMPHYSEMA THE UPPER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM THE COMMON COLD INFLUENZA HAY FEVER SINUSITIS LARYNGITIS TONSILLITIS
Chapter 16: The Nervous System
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND HERBAL REMEDIES THE ROLE OF STRESS IN HUMAN HEALTH ANXIETY AS A RESPONSE TO STRESS MANAGING STRESS: AN OVERVIEW EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL RESPONSES TO PHYSICAL ILLNESS HERBAL REMEDIES AND STRESS MANAGEMENT DEPRESSION INSOMNIA WITHDRAWAL FROM BENZODIAZEPINES ANOREXIA NERVOSA HEADACHE MIGRAINE NEURITIS TINNITUS MOTION SICKNESS SHINGLES
Chapter 17: The Urinary System
URINE PRODUCTION MAINTAINING URINARY SYSTEM HEALTH PATTERNS OF ILLNESS IN THE URINARY SYSTEM FREQUENCY DYSURIA HEMATURIA EDEMA CYSTITIS URINARY CALCULUS
Chapter 18: The Reproductive System
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM HERBS AND ACTIONS AMENORRHEA DYSMENORRHEA PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME MENOPAUSE PREGNANCY THE FIRST TRIMESTER THE SECOND AND THIRD TRIMESTERS THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD UTERINE FIBROIDS ENDOMETRIOSIS FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
Chapter 19: The Musculoskeletal System
HERBS AND THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM RHEUMATIC DISEASES AND ARTHRITIS ARTHRITIS AND PAIN COMPONENTS OF A HOLISTIC TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR ARTHRITIS OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS MYALGIA OSTEOARTHRITIS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS OSTEOPOROSIS GOUT BURSITIS AND TENDINITIS RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME
Chapter 20: The Skin
HERBS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SKIN PROBLEMS ECZEMA AND DERMATITIS PSORIASIS ACNE
Chapter 21: The Immune System
UNDERSTANDING THE HERBAL POSSIBILITIES A PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM HERBS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM GENERAL SUPPORT PROTOCOLS DETOXIFICATION THE CONTRIBUTION OF HERBS TO PREVENTIVE MEDICINE POSTOPERATIVE RECOVERY INFECTION MANIFESTATIONS OF INFECTION VAGINITIS GENITOURINARY TRACT INFECTIONS PROSTATITIS SKIN INFECTIONS BOILS FUNGAL SKIN INFECTIONS CANCER
Chapter 22: The Endocrine System
THE THYROID GLAND HYPOTHYROIDISM HYPERTHYROIDISM DIABETES MELLITUS THE ADRENAL GLANDS
Chapter 23: Phytotherapy and the Elderly
TONING AND NURTURING HEALTH IN ELDERS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE IN ELDERS THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM THE URINARY SYSTEM THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM THE SKIN
Chapter 24: Phytotherapy and Children
PRESCRIBING ISSUES UNIQUE TO CHILDREN CHILDHOOD DISEASES MEASLES MUMPS THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM COLIC CONSTIPATION DIARRHEA INDIGESTION NAUSEA THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM OTITIS MEDIA THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER THE SKIN DIAPER RASH CRADLE CAP IMPETIGO
Chapter 25: Herbal Actions
ADAPTOGEN ALTERATIVE ANTICATARRHAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ANTIMICROBIAL ANTIRHEUMATIC ANTISPASMODIC ASTRINGENT BITTER CARDIAC REMEDIES CARMINATIVE CHOLAGOGUE DEMULCENT DIURETIC EMMENAGOGUE EXPECTORANT HEPATIC HYPNOTIC HYPOTENSIVE NERVINE STIMULANT
Chapter 26: Materia Medica
Appendix 1: Glossary Appendix 2: Selected Examples of Binomial Meanings Appendix 3: Herbs by Latin and Common Names Appendix 4: Pharmacy Terms Appendix 5: Weight and Measure Conversions Appendix 6: Herbal Information Sources Appendix 7: Taxonomy Hierarchy Bibliography About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Copyright & Permissions
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