Libri di Elizabeth M. Williamson
Phytopharmacy
An Evidence-Based Guide to Herbal Medicinal Products
Elizabeth M. Williamson, Ines Da Costa Rochae altri
editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
pagine: 416
Healthcare professionals, including doctors, pharmacists and nurses, are often confronted with patients who use over-the-counter (OTC) herbal medicinal products and food supplements. While taking responsibility for one s own health and treatment options is encouraged, many patients use these products based on limited (and sometimes inaccurate) information from non-scientific sources, such as the popular press and internet. There is a clear need to offer balanced, well-informed advice to patients, yet a number of studies have shown that, generally, conventionally trained health practitioners consider their knowledge about herbal medicinal products and supplements to be weak.
Phytopharmacy fills this knowledge gap, and is intended for use by the busy pharmacist, nurse, or doctor, as well as the expert patient and students of pharmacy and herbal medicine. It presents clear, practical and concise monographs on over a hundred popular herbal medicines and plant-based food supplements. Information provided in each monograph includes:
Indications Summary and appraisal of clinical and pre-clinical evidence Potential interactions Contraindications Possible adverse effects An overview of the current regulatory framework is also outlined, notably the EU Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive. This stipulates that only licensed products or registered traditional herbal medicinal products (THRs), which have assured quality and safety, can now legally be sold OTC. Monographs are included of most of the major herbal ingredients found in THRs, and also some plant-based food supplements, which while not strictly medicines, may also have the potential to exert a physiological effect.
Major Herbs of Ayurveda
Elizabeth M. Williamson
editore: Churchill Livingstone
pagine: 392
There is little information currently available in English on Indian herbs. This book gives comprehensive and detailed profiles of 50 key herbs in use in Ayurvedic medicine. The profiles are thoroughly referenced to both primary and secondary sources, and the material is designed to be a complete clinical reference.
Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions
Elizabeth M. Williamson, Karen Baxtere altri
editore: Pharmaceutical Press
pagine: 400
This is a professional level major reference work containing information, in A-Z format, on herb-drug, herb-supplement, herb -food and herb-laboratory test interactions; all of which is data referenced. Commercial herbal medicinal products are increasingly consumed on a regular basis by people in the developed world. Often such products are taken concurrently with conventional medicines, frequently without the knowledge of health care professionals. As more evidence has become available, there has been an increasing awareness of the potential and actual problems of interactions, often dangerous, between conventional medicines and herbal medicines. This proposed new major reference brings together available data on approximately 200 of the most commonly used herbal medicines in highly structured, rigorously scientific monographs. Although our texts on herbal medicines and drug interactions include the major well-known interactions, this text is able to treat the subject in considerably more detail.
Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy
Elizabeth M. Williamson, Joanne Barnese altri
editore: Churchill Livingstone
pagine: 320
"Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy" is an important and timely book that will add to this growing interest in the use and study of medicinal plants, herbs and other natural products. It will meet the need for a modern, up-to-date textbook for students in a wide range of disciplines, including pharmacy, herbalism, complementary and alternative medicine. The four authors - Professor Michael Heinrich, Dr Joanne Barnes, Dr Simon Gibbons and Dr Elizabeth Williamson - are all experts in their respective fields, whose collective knowledge gives both diversity and authority to this important new volume.
Complementary Medicine
A Guide for Pharmacists
Denise Rankin-Box, Elizabeth M. Williamson
editore: Churchill Livingstone
pagine: 320
This is an easy-to-navigate handbook to help pharmacists advise on complementary and alternative medicine, and recommend what is available and what may be appropriate for a particular patient. Giving an overview of CAM therapies, the book also focuses on specific conditions, with more detail to those relevant to pharmacists - such as asthma, pain relief, etc. It also contains contact numbers and addresses of relevant self-help groups, further reading where available, and advice on OTC products sold by pharmacies.
