This edition presents evidence-based information on the most popular herbs, nutrients and food supplements used across Australia and New Zealand. Organised alphabetically by common name, each herb or nutrient listed includes information such as daily intake, main actions/indications, adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions, safety in pregnancy, and more.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: HERBAL & NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS . 1: Introduction to Complementary Medicine . 2: Introduction to Herbal Medicine . 3: Introduction to Clinical Nutrition . 4: Introduction to Aromatherapy . Introduction to Food as Medicine . SECTION 2: CLINICAL PRACTICE . 6: Introduction to Practice of Integrative Medicine . 7: Safety and complementary medicine . 8: Interactions with herbal and natural medicines . 9: Preoperative Care: Considerations . 10: Cancer and Safety of Complementary Medicines . 11: Herbs and Natural Supplements in pregnancy . 12: Introduction to Wellness . SECTION 3: MONOGRAPHS (A-Z) . Herb Name . Common Name . Latin binomial/class . Other names . Plant part used . Key chemical components . Main actions . Other actions . Main indications and evidence . Other uses . Dosage range . Adverse reactions . Significant interactions . contraindications and precautions . Pregnancy use . Practice points . Common questions . References . Nutrient Name . Background and relevant pharmacokinetics . Key chemical compounds (where applicable) . Food sources (where applicable . Deficiency signs and symptoms (where applicable) . Main actions . Other actions . Main indications and evidence . Other indications . Dosage range . Toxicity (if known) . Adverse reactions . Significant interactions . Contraindications and precautions . Pregnancy use . Practice points . Common questions . References . SECTION 4: APPENDICES . Book only . Appendix 1 - Glossary . Appendix 2 - Herb/nutrient - drug interactions . Appendix 3 - Poisons information centres . Appendix 4 - Teaching institutes, manufacturers and on-line resources . Appendix 5 - Guide to safe use of complementary medicine during preoperative period (table 1 from chapter 9) . CD Appendices . Appendix 1 - Glossary . Appendix 2 - Herb/nutrient - drug interactions . Appendix 3 - Poisons information centres . Appendix 4 - Teaching institutes, manufacturers and on-line resources . Appendix 5 - Guide to safe use of complementary medicine during preoperative period (table 1 from chapter 9) . Appendix 6 - Clinical use and safety of vitamins and minerals . Appendix 7 - Evidence base for physiological activities of herbs and supplements.

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"This long awaited third edition lives up to expectations and is the quintessential Australian guide to evidence based herbs and natural supplements. This text is essential for practitioners, manufacturers and students interested in integrative medicine." MedicineRoom.net