Overview
- The indispensable standard reference work for medical practitioners and pharmacists
- Based on the 100 most widely prescribed herbal medications in Germany
- Covers phytomedicines that have been pharmacologically and clinically tested
- Gives a rapid overview of efficacy and tolerance
- Clearly organized by organ systems and indications
- Highlights current developments in research and drug policies
- New to the fifth edition:
- Herbal versus synthetic drugs in prescribing practice;
- The "therapeutic context" and its impact on treatment efficacy;
- Fully revised chapters on the respiratory tract and digestive organs;
- Copious new data on the central nervous system;
- All tables of studies and medications updated to the year 2002
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is a practice-oriented introduction to phytotherapy. Methodically classified by organic systems and fields of application, it offers a quick insight into dosage, form of application and effects of the most important herbal remedies. Only those herbal remedies that are of pharmacological and clinical efficiency have been considered. The authors are highly experienced in the field of postgraduate medical education, and, with this work, present an indispensable reference book for the medical practice. All practitioners and pharmacists interested in treatment with herbal remedies should have this book at their disposal.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rational Phytotherapy
Book Subtitle: A Reference Guide for Physicians and Pharmacists
Authors: Volker Schulz, Rudolf Hänsel, Mark Blumenthal, Varro E. Tyler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09666-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40832-1Published: 15 July 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07406-6Published: 12 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-09666-6Published: 09 March 2013
Edition Number: 5
Number of Pages: XX, 417
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations, 797 illustrations in colour
Topics: General Practice / Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pharmacy, Complementary & Alternative Medicine