Full Description
"Herb-Drug Interactions in Oncology" was created to provide science-based information for the medical community and the general public. Each herb or remedy description is accompanied by information as to its origin, most common uses, benefits and problems. The book provides detailed information on 140 remedies and describes its constituents, mechanisms of action, adverse reactions, pharmacokinetics, and contraindications. Information on each herb or other remedy was developed through careful and critical reviews of research conducted by experts in pharmacy, botanicals, and complementary therapies. Each herb or product is discussed by the following sections: common name, scientific name, key words, clinical summary, herbal constituents, warnings, mechanisms of action, usage, adverse reactions, drug interactions, dosage, literature summary and critique, references, and notes.
Contents
(Partial list of contents) Acanthopanax Senticosus (Siberian Ginseng) Active Hexose Correlated Compound (AHCC) AE-941 (Shark Cartilage) Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Agnus castus (Chasteberry) Baikal Skullcap (Skullcap) Bee Pollen Beta-Carotene Beta-hydroxymethylburyrate (HMB) Bilberry Fruit Butchers Broom Calcium Glucarate Cantron (CanCell) Capsaicin Carnitine Cartilade (Shark Cartilage) Da Huang (Rhubarb) d-Alpha-tocopherol (Vitamin E) Devil's Claw d-Glucaric acid salt Di Bella Multitherapy Echinacea EGCG (Green Tea) Electrodermal Testing (BioResonance Therapy) Eleutherococcus Senticosus (Siberian Ginseng) Energy Medicine (BioResonance Therapy) Fenugreek Feverfew Forskolin Gan Cao (Licorice) Ganoderma Lucidum (Reishi Mushroom) Garden Heliotrope (Valerian) Garlic Gaston Naessens 714X Harpagophytum Procumbens (Devil's Claw) Hawthorn Helixor(r) (Mistletoe - European) Homeopathy Horse Chestnut Ilex Paraguariensis (Mate) Indian Frankincense (Boswellia) Indian Saffron (Turmeric) Indole-3-Carbinol Inositol Hexaphosphate Jiang Huang (turmeric) Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum) Juven Karela (Bitter Melon) Kava Kelley Metabolic Therapy Kitosan (Chitosan) Laetrile (Amygdalin) Lapacho (Pau D'arco) Larrea Tridentate (Chaparral) Lentinan L-Glutamine Ma Huang Magnesium Magnet Therapy Maitake Nettle Niacin-bound Chromium Noni Ozone Therapy Pau D'arco Pennyroyal Poke Root Quercetin Red Clover Rhubarb Saiko Selenium Silybum Marianum Soy Superoxide Dismutase Tea Tree Oil Trifolium Pratense Ulmas Rubra Uncaria Tomentosa Valerian Vitamin A Willow Bark Wolf's Bane Xanthophyll Yerba Mate Yun zhi Zinc Zingiber Officinale
