• Features detailed information of over 300 commonly used herbal products and natural supplements
• Notes safety information from both the FDA and the American Herbal Product Association for each herb.
• Provides current, reliable, unbiased information, based on the German E Commission and other authoritative clinical sources.
• Includes up-to-date references for each individual herb with specific sources cited for doses, research, interactions, and pharmacokinetics.
• Provides an introductory section detailing key information on current issues with research, supply, harvest, manufacturer, storage, shelf life, and special population considerations for usage of herbals and supplements in general.
• Provides a Glossary of herbal terms to clarify dose and form terminology unique to herbals and natural supplements.
• Includes a Botanical Atlas illustrating various plant types and parts used in herbal preparations.
• Offers a comprehensive index containing all common and botanical names for herbals and natural supplements as well as all of the disorders that they are used to treat.
• Lists Poison Centers to aid in obtaining help quickly for potentially lethal use of plant products.
• Includes a Pediatric Herbal Use appendix with general guidelines and cautions regarding use of herbs in children.
• Offers endangered species information for rare and endangered herbs that should not be harvested.
• Highlights herbs not safe to ingest with a new Do Not Use Internally notation.
• Features a Drug-Herb Interaction Table to supply information on known drug-herb interactions.
• Identifies Herb-Lab Test Interferences in each herb monograph to supply information on known herbal interferences on most lab tests in use today.

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