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Herb Contraindications &
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plus Herbal Adjuncts with Medicines
Expanded Fourth Edition
By: Francis J. Brinker N.D.
This text scrupulously distinguishes between what is known through empirical clinical observations such as case reports and the data obtained from modern clinical human studies, as well as different types of laboratory research on animals and with tissues and cells, citing over 2700 medical and scientific sources to document these findings. In addition, the type of preparation studied is described to emphasize differences between preparations from the same herb. Conflicting results are utilized to put these issues in context. This fourth edition further highlights those combinations of herbal preparations with drugs shown to beneficially enhance therapeutic activity or reduce adverse effects, identified for 98 of the 321 herbs listed in the main text.
In addition, extensive appendices organize information on these 321 herbs and additional herbal remedies into categories addressing specific cautions, interactions with particular types of drugs, precautions for mothers, infants and children, drug interactions with vitamins and minerals, and advantageous combinations with medicines used for inflammations, infections, cancer, and for addressing substance abuse. The appendix sections addressing herbal influences on drug absorption and metabolism involving transport proteins, cytochrome P450 isoenzymes, and conjugating enzymes are the most extensive compilations available anywhere.
Paperback, 603 pages; $68.70
ISBN 978-1-888483-14-7
Item #58444
Francis Brinker is one of the most reliable, thoughtful and authoritative botanical writers of our time. In this new edition of his now classic text, ... Francis' research takes the issue of herb-drug interactions into a new realm—one that transforms this from a worrisome possible problem to a potential solution for the many patients and physicians who seek an integrated medical model that incorporates both herbal products and Western drugs safely.
Aviva Romm, M.D., midwife, herbalist
President, American Herbalists Guild
Medical Director, American Herbal Pharmacopoeia
One of the best features of this edition, and it is characteristic all of his writings, is the extreme care that Dr. Brinker has taken to carefully explain each section of the book, to assess each of his over 2000 references in detail, and to caution clinicians and researchers alike that in a clinical context all herbs are not equal unless we know how and what was extracted, the dosage form used, and the amount administered.
Paul Richard Saunders, Ph.D., N.D., DHANP
Professor of Materia Medica, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine
Kudos to Francis for once again, plowing through the voluminous mountain of theoretical data that exists, and organizing it in a sane, honest, thoughtful, useable guide that keeps us up to date and frees our time to be with patients.
Jillian Stansbury, N.D.
Chair Botanical Medicine Dept., National College of Natural Medicine
This is a book I would never want to do without in my clinical practice, my research into botanicals, or my counseling of patients about the safe use of plant medicines ... Absolutely setting this book apart ... is the section on Complementary Adjuncts.
David Kiefer, M.D.
Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine, University of Washington Adjunct Faculty, Bastyr University School of Naturopathic Medicine
Practicing the art of 21st century medicine mandates an understanding of the benefits and pitfalls of herbal remedies. ... All practitioners crave a single comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible botanical medicine resource to run to when need presents. Without question, this is the one
Russell H. Greenfield, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Editor, Alternative Medicine Alert
Complex Herbs - Complete Medicines
By: Francis J. Brinker N.D.
This book takes you into the traditional and modern worlds of botanicals, medicine, and pharmacy, providing knowledge of how the complexities of a plant are affected by product processing. It is the only book that:
- Discusses the relationship between food, herbs, and drugs based on intended use and the varying complexities among herbal products;
- Examines traditional and modern herbal preparations, solvents, and derivatives and proposes appropriate language to distinguish between herbs, their native extracts, simplified fractions, and isolated phytochemicals;
- Quotes extensively from the distinguished Eclectic pharmacist and authority, John Uri Lloyd, who spent over 70 years in the pioneering study and development of American botanical pharmacy;
- Considers different modern methods for producing botanical preparations including freeze-dried raw herbs and standardized extracts;
- Provides comprehensive assessments of some of the most popular herbs in America that exemplify a full range of botanical preparations to illustrate their differences.
432 pages; Paperback, $24.95
ISBN 1-888483-12-1
Item #59000
The Toxicology of Botanical Medicines
Third Edition
By: Francis J. Brinker N.D.
This unique text identifies the toxic agents, effects and treatments of more than 120 species of plants. Includes: therapeutic/toxic/lethal dosages of plant products as known.
298 pages Paper, $35.00
ISBN 1-888483-09-1
Item #58133
Formulas For Healthful Living,
Second Edition
By: Francis J. Brinker N.D.
This book brings to life the naturopathic model for well-being that is based on the body's innate healing abilities.
This guide offers an understanding of the major systems of the body and how natural therapies support healing of the specific bodily systems.
Also gives specific herbal formulas for health maintenance or common illnesses for both adults and children. A contemporary, must-have home reference.
244 pages Paper, $12.95
ISBN 1-888483-01-6
Item #58125
Lectures In Naturopathic Hydrotherapy
By: Andre Saine, N.D. and Wade Boyle, N.D.
This excellent treatise by two renowned naturopathic co-authors explains the history, philosophy, principles and practices of hydrotherapy.
235 pages Paper, $35.00
ISBN 1-888483-01-6
Item #58125
King's American Dispensatory
By: H.W. Felter, M.D. & J.U. Lloyd, Phr.M., Ph.d.
2 vols.
Dispensatories present therapies that have been verified with patients in both clinical and hospital settings. This 1898 classic rev1s1on of Professor John King's earlier work is an encyclopedic text that encompasses the entire materia medica of the Eclectic physicians of the 19th century. It covers botany, istory, chemistry, uses and dosage. Standard reference for any serious practitioner of botanical therapeutics.
2,172 pages Hardcover. $285.00
ISBN 1-888483-02-4
Item #58104
The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
By: H.W. Felter, M.D.
This 1922 text is essentially a condensed clinical version of King's American Dispensatory with an additional 100 pages of pharmacology information.
764 pages Hardcover. $95.00
ISBN 1-888483-03-2
Item #58107
The Physio-Medical Dispensatory
By: William H. Cook, M.D.
The Physio-Medicalists distinguished themselves from other medical sects by their refusal to use any poisonous substance and by a simplified system of actions and energetics. This 1869 reprint is a classic botanical materia medica from the Physio-Medicalist viewpoint.
Hardcover. 832 pages $98.00
ISBN 1-888483-07-5
Item #58101
Reading the Eye, Pulse and Tongue for the Indicated Remedy
Essays by: Eli Jones, M.D.
This book offers useful insights for both homeopathic and botanical practitioners with an emphasis on physical diagnosis in remedy selection, distinct from the limiting practice of prescribing remedies on the basis of symptoms told to the doctor by the patient.
$15.00
Item #58121
The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy
By: Finley Ellingwood, M.D.
This 1919 eleventh edition text is arranged by drug action and the organs they influence. Five fold-out charts compare the most commonly used botanicals of the time to treat fever, heart, digestive, liver and female reproductive organ conditions.
564 pages Hardcover $98.00
ISBN 1-888483-05-0
Item #58106
Specific Diagnosis
By: John Milton Scudder, M.D.
First published in 1874, Dr. Scudder proposes that there is a definite relationship between known drug actions and known symptom expressions. Specific Diagnosis became the philosophical foundation upon which the post Civil War Eclectic medical practice was based.
Hardcover, 387 pages $35
ISBN 1-888483-04-0
Item #58103
