The Essential Guide To Herbal Safety Av Simon Y (Managing Director) Mills, Kerry (Head Of Research And Development Mediherb (Pty) Ltd Warwick Queensla

Approx. 704 pages<ul><li>Provides the most current information on safety issues in herbal medicine.</li><li>Presents authoritative and credible safety information from two experienced herbal practitioners.</li><li>Combines theoretical chapters with 125 well-researched monographs, making it the most thorough and comprehensive text on the market for herbal safety in practice.</li><li>Provides clear information using the most current evidence-based reviews, covering factors that influence herb safety, including the negative placebo effects (nocebo), various types of unpredictable effects, the basis for interactions between herbs and drugs, and quality issues.</li><li>Uses an established grading system for assessing safety in pregnancy and lactation that is realistic and appropriate to herb use.</li><li>Thoroughly critiques the dominant misinformation in the media and medical journals on herb safety issues.</li><li>Contains 83 documented case studies on hepatoxicity and the effects in rela