Book ID: 92029
Miller, Lucinda G. and Wallace J. Murray (eds.)
Herbal Medicinals. A Clinician's Guide. 1998. illustr. 383 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
The case-based approach in this book leads the reader through clinicalconsiderations within the disease state of specific conditions and showswhen to address patients concerning the use or potential use of alternative medicines. The reader will learn about renal implications ofherbal remedies, hepatic effects of herbal remedies, herbs used for fever, influenza, and the common cold, use of herbs for gastrointestinaldisorders, diabetes mellitus, osteoarthritis/rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, oncology, and dermatology, beneficial and adverse effects of herbs on hypertension and hyperlipidemia, and psychiatric considerationsof herb use (e.g. in depression, anxiety).