Medicinal Herbs in Primary Care

PART 1

Part 1: Herbal Basics-The History, Terminology, and Unique Characteristics of Medicinal Herbs

1 THE ANCIENT HISTORY AND MODERN REGULATION OF MEDICINAL HERBS

2 THE HERBAL NICHE IN THE SPECTRUM OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

3 MEDICINAL HERB PREPARATIONS

4 THE CHEMISTRY OF MEDICINAL HERBS

5 MEDICINAL HERB SAFETY

6 MEDICINAL HERB RESEARCH

7 THE PRACTICAL USE OF HERBS FOR COMMON PRIMARY CARE CONDITIONS-THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE DRUGLESS

PART 2

Part 2: Disease Tables

Section I: SYSTEM-BASED DISEASES

8 EENT NONINFECTIOUS DISORDERS

9 PULMONARY DISORDERS

10 CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS

11 GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

12 NEPHROLOGICAL AND UROLOGICAL DISORDERS

13 WOMENS BREAST AND GENITOURINARY DISORDERS

14 MENS GENITOURINARY DISORDERS

15 MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

16 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

17 PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

18 DERMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Section II: GENERALIZED SYSTEMIC DISORDERS

19 ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

20 DISORDERS OF VITALITY

21 IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDERS

22 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

23 HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY

ART 3

Part 3: Herbal Monographs with References

24 ALOE (ALOE VERA; ALOE BARBARDENSIS)

25 ANDROGRAPHIS (ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA)

26 ASHWAGANDHA (WITHANIA SOMNIFERA)

27 ASTRAGALUS (ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS/PROPINQUUS)

28 BACOPA (BACOPA MONNIERI)

29 BILBERRY (VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS)

30 BLACK COHOSH (ACTAEA RACEMOSA/CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA)

31 BLACK SEED/NIGELLA/BLACK CUMIN (NIGELLA SATIVA)

32 BURDOCK (ARCTIUM LAPPA)

33 BUTTERBUR (PETASITES HYBRIDUS)

34 CALENDULA (CALENDULA OFFICINALIS)

35 CHAMOMILE, GERMAN (MATRICARIA RECUTITA/CHAMOMILLA) AND CHAMOMILE, ROMAN (CHAMAEMELUM NOBILE)

36 CHASTEBERRY/CHASTE TREE/VITEX (VITEX AGNUS CASTUS)

37 COLEUS (COLEUS FORSKOHLII)

38 CRANBERRY (VACCINIUM MACROCARPON)

39 DANDELION (TARAXACUM OFFICINALE)

40 DONG QUAI (ANGELICA SINENSIS)

41 ECHINACEA (ECHINACEA PURPUREA, ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA)

42 ELDERBERRY/ELDER BERRY AND FLOWER (SAMBUCUS NIGRA)

43 ELEUTHERO/SIBERIAN GINSENG (ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS/ACANTHOPANAX SENTICOSUS)

44 FENNEL (FOENICULUM VULGARE)

45 FENUGREEK (TRIGONELLA FOENUMGRAECUM)

46 FRANKINCENSE/BOSWELLIA (BOSWELLIA SERRATA/SACRA/CARTERII)

47 GINGER (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE)

48 GINKGO (GINKGO BILOBA)

49 GINSENGS: ASIAN/KOREAN/CHINESE (PANAX GINSENG) AND AMERICAN (PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS)

50 GOJI BERRY/WOLFBERRY (LYCIUM BARBARUM)

51 GYMNEMA/GURMAR (GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE)

52 GYNOSTEMMA/JIAOGULAN (GYNOSTEMMA PENTAPHYLLUM)

53 HAWTHORN (CRATAEGUS OXYCANTHA, LAEVIGATA, AND SEVERAL OTHER SPECIES)

54 HOLY BASIL/TULSI (OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM/SANCTUM)

55 HOPS/HOP (HUMULUS LUPULUS)

56 HORSE CHESTNUT (AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM)

57 HORSETAIL (EQUISETUM ARVENSE)

58 LEMON BALM (MELISSA OFFICINALIS)

59 LICORICE (GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA)

60 MACA (LEPIDIUM MEYENII)

61 MILK THISTLE (SILYBUM MARIANUM)

62 MOTHERWORT (LEONURUS CARDIACA)

63 PASSIONFLOWER (PASSIFLORA INCARNATA)

64 PEPPERMINT (MENTHA PIPERITA)

65 RHODIOLA (RHODIOLA ROSEA)

66 SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS)

67 ST. JOHNS WORT (HYPERICUM PERFORATUM)

68 SAW PALMETTO (SERENOA REPENS)

69 SCHISANDRA/SCHIZANDRA (SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS)

70 SKULLCAP/SCULLCAP (SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS, SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA)

71 STINGING NETTLE/NETTLES/NETTLE (URTICA DIOICA, URTICA URENS)

72 TRIBULUS (TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS)

73 TURMERIC (CURCUMA LONGA)

74 UMCKALOABO/SOUTH AFRICAN GERANIUM (PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES)

75 UVA URSI/BEARBERRY/KINNIKINIC/BEAR GRAPE (ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI)

76 VALERIAN (VALERIANA OFFICINALIS)

77 YARROW (ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM)

APPENDIX I: MEDICAL AND RESEARCH

ABBREVIATIONS

APPENDIX II: BIBLIOGRAPHY AND

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES