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Plants have been used to treat disease throughout human history. Phytomedicines, Herbal Drugs, and Poisons offers a richly illustrated, scientific guide to medicinal and poisonous plants, including those used for their mind-altering effects. The book covers approximately 300 species, from Aloe vera and Ephedra sinica to Cannabis sativa and Coffea Arabica, detailing their botanical, geographical, pharmacological, and toxicological data as well as the chemical structures of the active compounds in each.
Plants have been used to treat disease throughout human history. On a clay slab that dates back approximately five thousand years, the Sumerians recorded medicinal recipes that made use of hundreds of plants, including poppy, henbane, and mandrake. During the Middle Ages, monks commonly grew and prescribed plants such as sage, anise, and mint in their monasteries. And as the market for herbal remedies and natural medicine grows, we continue to search the globe for plants and plant compounds to combat our various ailments. In Phytomedicines, Herbal Drugs, and Poisons, Ben-Erik van Wyk offers a richly illustrated, scientific guide to medicinal and poisonous plants, including those used for their mind-altering effects. Van Wyk covers approximately 350 species—from Aloe vera and Ephedra sinica to Cannabis sativa and Coffea arabica—detailing their botanical, geographical, pharmacological, and toxicological data as well as the chemical structures of the active compounds in each. Readers learn, for example, that Acacia senegal, or gum acacia, is used primarily in Sudan and Ethiopia as a topical ointment to protect the skin and mucosa from bacterial and fungal infections, and that Aconitum napellus, more commonly known as aconite, is used in cough syrups but can be psychedelic when smoked or absorbed through the skin. With 350 full-color photographs featuring the plants and some of their derivative products, Phytomedicines, Herbal Drugs, and Poisons will be an invaluable reference not only for those in the health care field but also for those growing their own medicinal herb gardens, as well as anyone who needs a quick answer to whether a plant is a panacea or a poison.
This compendium on tested and approved medicinal plant drugs and potential for new drugs from plants based on ethno pharmacological and anecdotal reports is a collection of critical information on the biology, chemistry and brief descriptions of the known and potential medicinal values of plants. This book is a storehouse of information on medicinal plants collected from many sources in readable language that will be useful for laymen, students, academics, drug developers, drug formulators and businesses interested in alternative and holistic medicine. This book also helps the readers to understand the basics of the biology of Cancer, Cardiovascular, Urinogenital, Ear Nose and throat, Eye, Brain and central nervous system, dermal, microbial and the interrelations of these human anatomical systems. This book will serve as a guide, a reference and source book and a good book for all who are interested in knowing the why and how of Phytomedicine : Herbal medicine and the opportunities that exist to find new ways of dealing with health issues.
The first book in English on the medicinal plants of Europe, this volume contains up-to-date summaries by leading researchers on the pharmacological effects and active compounds for many widely used medicinal plants. It includes discussions of the German Commission E Monographs, of legal issues associated with selling herbs in the U.S., and of the status of European phytomedicines. The chapters are divided into reviews of general issues and detailed entries on specific plants.
This is the third revised edition of the handbook which gives information about the origin, constituents, effects and indications of herbal drugs, as well as dosage; phytopharmaceutical information, such as type of extraction solvent, drug to extract ratio, and dosage recommendations for extracts; testing and adulterations. It contains 212 drug monographs, 30 of which have been newly introduced; 447 chemical structures; 519 colour illustrations and 314 black and white illustrations. It also includes new information on Canadian, UK and US regulatory status; and over 1000 new literature references, including Oriental medicine applications.
This richly illustrated reference guide treats the subject of herbal medicines in an integrated fashion with reference to pharmacognosy, pharmacology and toxicology. It will help to enable internists, phytotherapists, physicians, healthcare practitioners as well as students to understand why, when and how herbal medicines can be used in the treatment of diseases. A great deal of pathology and therapeutic information is also included. Numerous tables as well as figures clarify complex mechanisms and other information. The most important medicinal plants and drugs are illustrated with exceptional color plates.
To date, a number of clinically important drugs have been identified that interact with commonly-used herbs and thus herb-drug interactions have become a safety concern in the use of herbal medicines. These drugs include (amongst others) warfarin, midazolam, digoxin, amitriptyline, indinavir, cyclosporine, tacrolimus and irinotecan. Importantly, many of these drugs have very narrow therapeutic indices. Most of them are substrates for cytochrome P450s (CYPs) and/or P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Because drug-herb interactions can significantly affect circulating levels of drug and, hence, alter the clinical outcome, the identification of drugs that interact with commonly-used herbal medicines has important implications in drug development. In silico, in vitro, animal and human studies are often used to identify drug interactions with herbs. This book is of high scientific value because it highlights the relevance of mechanisms, models and maladies.