This volume covers the adverse effects of herbal medicines. The material has been collected from Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions (15th edition, 2006, in six volumes), which was itself based on previous editions of Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs, and from the Side Effects of Drugs Annuals (SEDA) 28, 29, and 30. The main contributors of this material were JK Aronson, PAGM de Smet, E Ernst, and M Pittler.
This volume is critical for any health professional or homeopathic practitioner with an interest in herbal medicines.
- Surpasses the Physician's Desk Reference © by including clinical case studies and independent expert analysis
- Complete index of drug names
- Most complete cross referencing of drug-drug interactions available
The book is divided into three separate sections:
- Family - Each monograph is organized under a family of plants. For example Liliaceae.
- Genera - The various genera that are included under the family name are tabulated. For example the family Liliaceae contains 94 genera.
- Species - In each monograph some species are dealt with separately. For example, in the monograph on Liliaceae, four species are included under their Latin names and major common names—Sassafras albidum (sassafras), Allium sativum (garlic), Colchicum autumnale (autumn crocus), and Ruscus aculeatus (butcher’s broom).
Each monograph includes the following information in varying amounts:
- Alternative commonnames; the major sources of this information are A Modern Herbal by Mrs M Grieve (1931; http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html) and The Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine: an Evidence-Based Approach by E Ernst, MH Pittler, C Stevenson, and A White (Mosby, 2001).
- Active ingredients; the major source of this information is the Dictionary of Plants Containing Secondary Metabolites by John S Glasby (Taylor & Francis, 1991).
- Uses, including traditional and modern uses.
- Adverse effects.
- References.
Contents
- Preface vii
- Herbal Medicines - Introduction and General Information 1
- Herbal Medicines - Acanthaceae - Zygophyllaceae 31
- Compounds found in Herbal products 237
- Index of drug names 297
About the Author
- Dr Jeffrey K. Aronson is a consultant clinical pharmacologist and physician in the Department of Primary Health Care in the University of Oxford and a consultant physician in the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust. He has been associated with the Meyler series since 1977 and has published many research papers on adverse drug reactions. He is also the editor of Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs and the Side Effects of Drugs Annual series. He is President of the British Pharmacological Society and serves on many committees concerned with drug therapy, including the Technology Appraisal Committee of the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Joint Formulary Committees of the British National Formulary and the British National Formulary for Children.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Elsevier Science; 1 edition (October 7, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0444532692
- ISBN-13: 978-0444532695
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
List Price: $61.95