The Handbook Of Clinically Tested Herbal Remedies, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

This comprehensive handbook (comprised of two volumes of 700+ pages each) provides a snapshot of 160 herbal products that have been tested in clinical trials. Details of the products and the clinical trials they underwent are here in an easy-to-read, at-a-glance format. An evaluation of the strength of the evidence from the trials, along with the context for therapeutics is included to give you a complete picture of each remedy and its usefulness or lack thereof. This valuable book also makes purchasing easy with manufacturer contact information. With over 30 individual botanicals and 10 multi. Pre-publication REVIEWS, COMMENTARIES, EVALUATIONS... 2 NOTES FOR PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY USERS 4 CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION NOTES 4 Haworth Series in Evidence-Based Phytotherapy 6 Publication & Copyright Information 8 Table of Contents 11 About the Editor 25 Contributors 27 Preface 35 Acknowledgments 39 Editor's Note 41 PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF HERBAL MEDICINE 43 Chapter 1 History and Regulation of Botanicals in the United States 45 Chapter 2 Product Definition Deficiences in Clinical Studies of Herbal Medicines 55 Chapter 3 Identifying and Characterizing Botanical Products 65 Chapter 4 Standardization of Botanical Preparations: What It Does and Does Not Tell Us 79 Chapter 5 The Importance and Difficulty in Determining the Bioavailability of Herbal Preparations 91 Chapter 6 "Borrowed Science" and "Phytoequivalence": Can Two Herbal Products Be Judged Equivalent? 101 Chapter 7 Determining Efficacy of Herbal Preparations 111 Chapter 8 Evaluating Safety of Herbal Preparations 119 Chapter 9 Conducting Clinical Trails on Herbal Dietary Supplements in North America: Commercialization, Confidence, and Conflicts 133 Chapter 10 Motives for Conducting Clincial Trails on Botanicals in Europe: A Focus on Germany 149 Chapter 11 Pharmacopoeias and Botanical Monographs 157 PART II: METHODS 169 Chapter 12 Methods of Product and Trail Inclusion and Evaluation 171 Chapter 13 Clinical Trail Reviewer's Guidance and Checklist 183 PART III: BOTANICAL PROFILES-- PRODUCT AND CLINICAL TRAIL INFORMATION 191 Artichoke 193 Bilberry 205 Black Cohosh 227 Boxwood 249 Cat's Claw 267 Chaste Tree 273 Cordyceps 297 Cranberry 307 Devil's Claw 319 Dragon's Blood Croton 333 Echinacea 345 Elderberry 393 Evening Primrose 401 Garlic 445 Ginger 535 Ginkgo 589 Ginseng 715 Pre-publication REVEIW, COMMENTARIES, EVALUATIONS... 787 NOTES FOR PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY USERS 789 CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION NOTES 789 Haworth Series in Evidence-Based Phyotherapy 792 Publication and Copyright Information 794 Table of Contents 795 About the Editor 809 Editor's Note 810 PART III: BOTANICAL PROFILES--PRODUCT AND CLINICAL TRIAL INFORMATION 811 Grape Seed 813 Grass Pollen 841 Green Tea 855 Hawthorn 877 Horse Chestnut 911 Kava 955 Lemon Balm 991 Milk Thistle 1001 Pygeum 1049 Red Clover 1079 Red Yeast Rice 1095 Saw Palmetto 1111 St. John's Wort 1169 Valerian 1265 HERBAL FORMULAS 2nd WindTM 1317 Cystone® 1325 Gastrim® 1333 Geriforte® 1343 IberogastTM 1351 Padma® 1363 PhytodolorTM 1389 Prostane® 1401 ResistexTM 1407 Sinupret® 1415 Appendix A Products Listed By Manufacturer/Distributor 1427 Appendix B Manufacturer/Distributor Contact Information 1435 Index 1445