How does the healthcare professional effectively respond to patient inquiries on the use of herbal supplements?

What clinical research has been conducted?

How is safety evaluated?

This science-based educational course answers these and other questions for healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies, health management companies, policy makers, the dietary supplement industry and consumers.

Utilize a Reference Approved by Health Professionals

The entire work has been peer reviewed by experts, including healthcare professionals in allied health fields as well as those selected by the accrediting agencies.

Benefit from Complete Herb Profiles

Each herb profile includes:

A comprehensive clinical monograph which is fully referenced and contains a table of clinical studies
a Clinical Overview for quick reference

a Patient Information sheet for duplication

Access Comprehensive Clinical Monographs that Include:

Overviews

Description

Uses

Dosage

Duration of Administration

Chemistry

Pharmacological Actions

Mechanism of Action

Contraindications

Adverse Effects

Drug Interactions

Safety Rating

Regulatory Status

Branded Products

Clinical Review

References

Clinical Studies Table

"Mark Blumenthal and ABC have done it again! This book will help any health care provider be better equipped to connect with plant science and the herb industry. Nurses will find it a helpful, companion reference book to nursing texts on botanical therapies."

Martha Libster, Ph.D. (c), R.N.

Understand the Research and Safety of Herb Combinations

Many products on the market are based on combinations of herbs. This chapter presents monographs on numerous herbal combination products that have undergone human clinical studies.

Identify Products Backed by Clinical Research

One of the most useful and innovative features of the comprehensive clinical monograph is a table which reviews many of the clinical studies conducted on the herb, study design, and brands used in the studies. Practitioners have been requesting this information. Separate tables in the book summarize all of the brands mentioned in the book and include brand name in the United States, foreign product brand names, company names and company contact information.

"At last, a well referenced informative and clinically useful guide for practitioners who prescribe botanical medicines. Thorough in nature, this compendium is a rich source of scientific information on herbs."

Roberta Anne Lee, MD
Medical Director and Co-Director of the Integrative Medicine Fellowship
Center for Health and Healing
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

Popular selling herb profiles included in the book

American ginseng

Asian ginseng

Bilberry

Black cohosh

Cats claw

Cayenne

Chamomile

Chaste tree

Cranberry

Echinacea

Eleuthero

Ephedra

Evening primrose oil

Feverfew

Flax

Garlic

Ginger

Ginkgo

Goldenseal

Green tea

Hawthorn

Horse chestnut

Kava kava

Licorice

Milk thistle

Peppermint

Saw palmetto

St. Johns wort

Valerian

Comprehensive Clinical Monographs Answer Complex Questions

Each monograph includes a safety rating, herb-drug interactions, and the clinical studies table. These monographs are an invaluable reference that provides in-depth information to the practitioner and sufficient detail to answer many of the most complex patient questions.

Evaluate the Safety of Herbs
Each clinical overview and comprehensive monograph contains an accurate and thorough summary of any known drug interactions, adverse effects, or contraindications associated with use of the herb.

Use the Clinical Overviews as a Quick Reference

The two-page clinical overviews will give the practitioner a comprehensive picture of the herb at a glance. Based on the full monographs, the overviews provide a streamlined way to use the information in the clinical setting.

Patients Take Home Accurate Information

The one-page Patient Information Sheets can be duplicated by the practitioner and may be given to patients. They contain the basic information that the patients need to safely and effectively integrate herbs into their overall health management picture.

Review the Latest Clinical Research

The Clinical Studies Tables are a unique feature of the comprehensive monographs that provide a review of the most important, published human clinical studies. The tables summarize the study conclusions and the brands used. Practitioners will be able to check what the studies conclude about many of the products their patients are using or they may choose to make recommendations based on this information.

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