Herbal Handbook: Over 800 Herbs, Spices, Essential Oils, Lipids, etc. - Sources, Constituents, Properties, Uses, Dosages, and Cautions.
Publisher: Herbacy Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: S.l
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780971320932
Description: Herbal Handbook is the second edition (revised and expanded) of Herbal Vade Mecum and is intended to serve as a quick-reference for professionals and lay people interested in sources, properties, uses, dosages, cautions (contraindications, side effects, possible interactions with drugs), and active constituents of Botanical Ingredients used mainly in Food, Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industries, and Family Practice. Botanical Ingredients (over 800) are grouped in short Monographs (over 670) and cover a large number of the most commonly used Herbs, Spices, Essential Oils, Resins, Balsams, Fixed Oils, Fats and Gums, worldwide. Included are Beta Glucans and some Medicinal Mushrooms (shiitake, etc.), Bromelain, and more. Monographs are listed alphabetically (Acerola to Zedoary) according to the Common Names of the plants from which they are derived. At the end of the book there is a Therapeutic Checklist where botanicals are classified according to the organ systems and disorders (Nervous Disorders: anxiety, insomnia, etc.; Gynecologic Disorders: premenstrual and menopausal syndromes, etc.; Etc.). In the Various Effects and Uses are listed Immunomodulants, Antioxidants, Potassium and Vitamin C Supplements, and Skin Care, Cosmetic, Flavor and Fragrance Ingredients, and more. It also includes Glossary of Medical Terms, Glossary of Chemical Terms, References, and the Index (Monographs, Common Names, Latin Botanical Names, Disorders and Various Effects and Uses).