Schulz / Hänsel / Tyler Rational Phytotherapy

A Physicians’ Guide to Herbal Medicine
4th Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-3-642-98093-0
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 383 Seiten, eBook

to the Fourth German Edition Rational Phytotherapy continues to add a truly significant dimen sion to the practice of evidence-based herbal medicine. Prepara tion of a new edition, so short a time after publication of the pre vious English version, was necessitated by the rapid increase in the number of scientific and clinical studies attesting to the safe ty and utility of phytomedicines. The results of these recent inves tigations are now incorporated in the revised text of this volume. Comprehensive, updated information on scientific studies and clinical trials of the therapeutically useful botanical drugs is now placed before interested readers worldwide. Even the most CurS01Y acquaintance with phytotherapy, herbal treatment, botanical medicine - whatever you choose to call i- causes one to recognize that throughout most of the world, and especially in the United States and the United Kingdom, the prac tice is at best still an imperfect art. In Germany, the use of plant drugs is a science. There are many reasons for this. Tradition can certainly not be discounted. However, the principal reason is, without question, the enlightened system of laws and regulations governing the sale and use of such products in that country. Basically, the regulations in Germany permit phytomedicines to be sold either as self-selected or prescription drugs provided there is absolute proof of their safety and reasonable certainty of their efficacy. The words "reasonable certainty" are extremely They require that some scientific and clinical evi important here.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schulz, Volker

Hänsel, Rudolf

Tyler, Varro E.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Telger, T.C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Medicinal Plants, Phytomedicines, and Phytotherapy.- 1.1 Common Roots of Pharmacotherapy.- 1.2 Making Medicines Safer by Isolating and Modifying Plant Constituents.- 1.3 Pharmaceutical Preparation of Phytomedicines.- 1.4 Phytomedicines.- 1.5 Phytotherapy.- 1.6 Medicinal Teas Today.- 2 Central Nervous System.- 2.1 Ginkgo in the Treatment of Cognitive Deficiency.- 2.2 ST. John’s Wort as an Antidepressant.- 2.3 Kava as an Anxiolytic.- 2.4 Restlessness and Sleep Disturbances.- 3 Cardiovascular System.- 3.1 Heart Failure and Coronary Insufficiency.- 3.2 Hypotension and Hypertension.- 3.3 Atherosclerosis and Arterial Occlusive Disease.- 3.4 Chronic Venous Insufficiency.- 4 Respiratory System.- 4.1 Cold Syndrome (Flulike Infection).- 4.2 General Phytotherapeutic Measures.- 4.3 Herbal Cough Remedies.- 4.4 Herbal Expectorants.- 4.5 Phytotherapy of Sinusitis.- 4.6 Drug Products.- 5 Digestive System.- 5.1 Anorexia and Dyspepsia.- 5.2 Bloating and Flatulence.- 5.3 Gastritis and Ulcer Disease.- 5.4 Irritable Bowel Syndrome.- 5.5 Acute Diarrhea.- 5.6 Constipation.- 5.7 Liver Diseases.- 6 Urinary Tract.- 6.1 Inflammatory Diseases of the Urinary Tract.- 6.2 Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.- 6.3 Therapeutic Significance.- 6.4 Drug Products Other than Teas.- 6.5 Bladder and Kidney Teas.- 7. Gynecologic Indications for Herbal Remedies.- 7.1 Chasteberry.- 7.2 Black Cohosh.- 7.3 Phytoestrogens.- 7.4 Other Herbs.- 7.5 Therapeutic Significance.- 7.6 Drug Products.- 8 Skin, Trauma, Rheumatism, and Pain.- 8.1 Dosage Forms and Preparations.- 8.2 Inflammations and Injuries of the Skin.- 8.3 Post-traumatic and Postoperative Conditions.- 8.4 Rheumatic Conditions and Degenerative Joint Diseases.- 8.5 Treatment of Pain.- 8.6 Formulations.- 8.7 Drug Products.- 9 Agents that Increase Resistance toDiseases.- 9.1 Adaptogens.- 9.2 Immune Stimulants.- 9.3 Therapeutic Significance.- 10 Appendix The 100 Most Commonly Prescribed Herbal Medications in Germany.