Written specifically for the conventional medical healthcare provider, Medicinal Herbs in Primary Care forms an integral part of the primary care tool belt. Through a series of system-based disease tables, this unique title provides quick, authoritative guidance for the busy practitioner whose patient is requesting guidance on medicinal herbs. The disease tables are supported by herbal monographs that provide expanded details of the available preclinical and clinical evidence laid out in a system-based sequence. Together with the section on herbal basics, this practical reference contains the information today’s medical healthcare providers need to develop familiarity with and confidence in the prescription of medicinal herbs.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Herbal Basics – The History, Terminology, and Unique Characteristics of Medicinal Herbs
Chapter 1: History: Ancient Herbal Practice, Herbalism in the 20th Century: DSHEA and CGMP legislation, ESCOP and German Commission E
Chapter 2: Making distinctions: The Herbal Niche in the Spectrum of Integrative Medicine
Chapter 3: Herbal preparations: Teas, Tinctures, Encapsulations, Powders
Chapter 4: Herbal Chemistry
Chapter 5: Herb Safety
Chapter 6: Finding the Evidence
Chapter 7: The Practical Use of Herbs for Common Primary Care Conditions – The Good, the Bad and the Drugless
The Good: Advantages of Medicinal Herbs
The Bad: Disadvantages of Medicinal Herbs
The Drugless: Thinking Like an Herbalist
Part II: Disease Tables
Introduction to Disease Tables
System-based Tables
Chapter 1. EENT non-infectious (see also Infectious Disease, Pulmonary: Asthma/allergy)
o 1. A. Ophthalmological Disorders
o 1. B. Oral/Dental Disorders
o 1. C. Other ENT Disorders
Chapter 2. Pulmonary
o 2. A. Asthma/Allergy
o 2. B. COPD/Chronic Bronchitis/PAH
Chapter 3. Cardiovascular
o 3. A. Hypertension
o 3. B. Cardiometabolic:
? 3. B. i. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, CAD (IHD), Dyslipidemia, CHF
? 3. B. ii. Diabetes/Obesity/Metabolic Syndrome
3. C. Arrhythmia/Arterial insufficiency/ Venous Insufficiency/Varicose Veins/Hemorrhoids
Chapter 4. Gastrointestinal
o 4. A. Liver/GB disease
o 4. B. GERD/Peptic Ulcer Disease/Gastroparesis/Dyspepsia/SIBO
o 4. C. Diarrhea/Constipation/IBS/IBD/Colic
Chapter 5. Genitourinary
o 5. A. Renal (nephropathy, nephrosis, nephritis, fibrosis, urolithiasis, AKI)
o 5. B. UTI/Recurrent UTI
o 5. C. Overactive Bladder/Urge Incontinence/Stress Urinary Incontinence
Chapter 6. Women’s Disorders
o 6. A. Breast and Lactation Disorders
o 6. B. PMS/Dysmenorrhea
o 6. C. Vaginal Disorders (see also menopause)
o 6. D. Abnormal uterine bleeding/Disorders of Cervix or Uterus/Endometrosis
o 6. E. Ovarian: Menopause/ Female Sexual Dysfunction/PCOS/ Female Infertility
Chapter 7. Men’s Disorders
o 7. A. Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy/Chronic Prostatitis
o 6. B. Male Sexual Dysfunction/Male Infertility/Hypogonadism
Chapter 8. Musculoskeletal Disorders
o 8. A. Osteoporosis
o 8. B. Osteoarthritis/Gout/Myofascial Pain/Miscellaneous Chronic Pain Syndromes
Chapter 9. Neurological Disorders
o 9. A. Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke
o 9. B. Migraine Headache/Tension Headache/Seizures
o 9. C. Dementia/Parkinson’s Disease/Neurodegenerative disease
o 9. D. Neuropathy/RLS
Chapter 10. Psychiatric Disorders
o 10. A. Anxiety/Panic Disorder/Insomnia/OCD
o 10. B. Depression
o 10. C. Bipolar Mood Disorder
o 10. D. ADHD/Cognitive performance
o 10. E. Schizophrenia/Substance Abuse /Miscellaneous Psychiatric
Chapter 11. Dermatologic Disorders
o 11. A. Acne
o 11. B. Psoriasis
o 11. C. Dermatitis, Eczema, Miscellaneous Skin Conditions
o 11. D. Wounds/Cosmetics
? (Wrinkles/Photo-aging/Hirsutism/Male-pattern alopecia/body odor)
Generalized Systemic Disorders
Chapter 12. Endocrine
? 12. 1. Diabetes (see Cardiometabolic/Diabetes)
? 12. 2. Adrenal (see also Chronic Fatigue)
? 12. 3. Thyroid
Chapter 13. Allergy/Immunology/Autoimmune (See also asthma/allergy)
? 13. 1. Immune Function
? 13. 2. Autoimmune Disease and Systemic Inflammation
Chapter 14. Chronic Fatigue/Stress/Stamina/Athletic Performance
Fibromyalgia (See myofascial pain, neuralgia, chronic fatigue, adrenal fatigue, insomnia)
Chapter 15. Infectious Diseases
? 16. 1. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
? 16. 2. Influenza and Pneumonia
? 16. 3. Other Infectious Diseases ((HIV, HBV, HCV, HSV, TB, H. Pylori, miscellaneous bacteria, miscellaneous viral infections)
Chapter 16 Hematology-Oncology
16.1. Hematology
16.2. Oncology
Part III: Herbal Monographs with references
(listed by common names)
Introduction to Part III
Monographs
1. Aloe vera
2. Andrographis
3. Ashwagandha
4. Astragalus
5. Bacopa
6. Bilberry
7. Black cohosh
8. Burdock
9. Butterbur
10. Calendula
11. Chamomile
12. Chasteberry/Chaste tree
13. Coleus
14. Cranberry
15. Dandelion
16. Dong quai
17. Echinacea
18. Elder (berry/flower)
19. Fennel
20. Fenugreek
21. Frankincense
22. Ginger
23. Ginkgo
24. Ginsengs
a) Korean
b) American
c) Siberian (Eleuthero)
25. Goji
26. Gymnema
27. Gynostemma
28. Hawthorn
29. Holy basil
30. Hops
31. Horsetail
32. Lemon Balm
33. Licorice
34. Maca
35. Milk Thistle
36. Motherwort
37. Nigella/black seed/black cumin
38. Passionflower
39. Peppermint
40. Rhodiola
41. Saffron
42. Saint John’s Wort
43. Saw palmetto
44. Schisandra
45. Skullcap
46. Stinging Nettle
47. Tribulus
48. Turmeric
49. Umckalaobo/South African geranium
50. Uva ursi
51. Valerian
52. Yarrow
Appendix I: Medical and Research Abbreviations and Terms
Appendix II: Resources
Index
