Nature's pharmacy
Subtitle: herbal medicine
Contributors: Associated Broadcasting Consultants; Aquarius Health Care Media (Firm)
Series: Health choices series; COH 370 (NU course); IHS 612 (NU course); NSG 200 (NU course); NSG 304  (NU course); NSG 404 (NU course)
Publisher: Associated Broadcast Consultants, Inc.; [distributed by] Aquarius Health Care Media
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Westport, Conn.]; Sherborn, MA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Herbs; Therapeutic use; Medicinal plants
Other titles: Natures pharmacy; Herbal medicine; Health choices (Television program)
Description: This program examines herbal medicines that originated in China thousands of years ago. It looks at how these herbs are located and produced. The potential dangers of using herbal medicine with conventional drugs is addressed. The question of determining the potency of the active ingredients in herbs and in an essentially unregulated industry is explored. Scientists at the NIH are visited whose research centers on these natural products.
Notes: Disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.

Title from container.

Actual playing time is about 24 minutes not 28 as stated on container.

DVD release of an episode of the television series Health Choices.

Hosted by Howard Torman.

DVD-R.