Overview
- Authors:
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Volker Schulz
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Berlin, Germany
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Rudolf Hänsel
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Institut für Pharmakognosie und Phytochemie, Freien Universität Berlin, Germany
München, Germany
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Varro E. Tyler
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Purdue University, USA
West Lafayette, USA
- Guide to herbal remedies strictly based on fields of application
- Based on the 100 most frequently prescribed herbal remedies in Germany
- Only those herbal remedies are mentioned whose efficiency has been proved
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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- Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Varro E. Tyler
Pages 1-39
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- Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Varro E. Tyler
Pages 41-106
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- Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Varro E. Tyler
Pages 107-168
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- Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Varro E. Tyler
Pages 169-201
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- Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Varro E. Tyler
Pages 203-264
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- Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Varro E. Tyler
Pages 265-284
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- Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Varro E. Tyler
Pages 285-297
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- Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Varro E. Tyler
Pages 299-330
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- Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Varro E. Tyler
Pages 331-355
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- Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Varro E. Tyler
Pages 357-367
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Back Matter
Pages 369-383
About this book
to the Fourth German Edition Rational Phytotherapy continues to add a truly significant dimen sion to the practice of evidence-based herbal medicine. Prepara tion of a new edition, so short a time after publication of the pre vious English version, was necessitated by the rapid increase in the number of scientific and clinical studies attesting to the safe ty and utility of phytomedicines. The results of these recent inves tigations are now incorporated in the revised text of this volume. Comprehensive, updated information on scientific studies and clinical trials of the therapeutically useful botanical drugs is now placed before interested readers worldwide. Even the most CurS01Y acquaintance with phytotherapy, herbal treatment, botanical medicine - whatever you choose to call i- causes one to recognize that throughout most of the world, and especially in the United States and the United Kingdom, the prac tice is at best still an imperfect art. In Germany, the use of plant drugs is a science. There are many reasons for this. Tradition can certainly not be discounted. However, the principal reason is, without question, the enlightened system of laws and regulations governing the sale and use of such products in that country. Basically, the regulations in Germany permit phytomedicines to be sold either as self-selected or prescription drugs provided there is absolute proof of their safety and reasonable certainty of their efficacy. The words "reasonable certainty" are extremely They require that some scientific and clinical evi important here.
Authors and Affiliations
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Berlin, Germany
Volker Schulz
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Institut für Pharmakognosie und Phytochemie, Freien Universität Berlin, Germany
Rudolf Hänsel
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München, Germany
Rudolf Hänsel
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Purdue University, USA
Varro E. Tyler
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West Lafayette, USA
Varro E. Tyler
