PHYTOMEDICINE COMPENDIUM BY K GILMOUR AND J GRANT

An indispensable desk reference that herbal medicine practitioners and students will refer to again and again.

This Phytomedicine Compendium is designed to be a clinically practical guide for herbal medicine practitioners and students, providing concisely presented, easy-to-read information based on comprehensive research, traditional wisdom and clinical experience.
Designed with the busy practitioner in mind, this herbal medicine handbook functions as a desk reference and accessible prescribing aid. An invaluable clinical tool for practitioners, this guide contains 180 herbal monographs, indexes to cross-reference herbal actions and indications, herbal medicine formulating and dosing guidelines, manufacturing information, as well as safety and herb/drug interaction tables. Considering the changing landscape of modern clinical practice, this Phytomedicine Compendium also notably includes essential tips for formulating for infections.
The Materia Medica section of this book beautifully illustrates the medicinal application of each phytomedicine, providing images, dosing, energetic properties, main constituents, key actions, key and secondary indications (arranged by body system), safety information and a concise description or key note to provide the practitioner with a fundamental clinical summary of each herb.
An irreplaceable resource for cross-referencing the efficacy and safety of phytomedicines, this Phytomedicine Compendium is a must-have for any practitioner or student prescribing or researching herbal medicine.