Increasingly, modern medicine relies on so called traditional or ancient medical knowledge. Holistic practices such as adhering to proper diet, observing rules for appropriate behavior, and administering medical preparations are coupled with the latest technology and methods to treat the whole patient. In light of this trend, there is much to be gained from understanding of one of the oldest medical systems still in existence. Tibetan Medicinal Plants provides you a detailed analysis of how Tibetan plants are used in this centuries old system. The book opens with a summary of Tibetan medicine and covers the various habitats in which the plants are found. The main part of this volume encompasses 60 monographs listed by the Tibetan plant name. Each monograph consists of several chapters addressing different topics related either to the Tibetan or the Western approach. Most of the monographs contain a description of the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of the used plant parts, and anatomical features of 76 plants are provided. Each monograph presents an overview of the known chemical constituents and pharmacological properties of each plant and describes their use in Tibetan medicine. In contrast to other publications on Tibetan medicine, where translations of the Tibetan terms are given in other languages, this book treats the Tibetan word as a technical term, keeps the Tibetan term and explains its meaning, lessening confusion by reducing the number of translations. Traditional Tibetan medicine has been in existence for centuries. Curative practices existed in the prebuddistic era, and the art of healing developed more than 2500 years ago. Tibetan Medicinal Plants provides a comprehensive overview of all plant types, thus making it easier to grasp the Tibetan concept. It gives you a comprehensive look at this centuries old science.

Tibetan Medicinal Plants

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Medpharm

In an age in which the world is flooded with nutritional misinformation, Diet and Health provides scientifically backed answers to questions that plague individuals seeking a healthier lifestyle.

Diet and Health

Veith, Walter J.

Medical Books

Food Composition and Nutrition Tables: Sixth Edition presents the huge amount of data you need for nutritional guidance in the production, marketing, and control of food products. It is not only tailored to the needs of dietitians and nutritional experts, but also to scientists, administrators, and business professionals.The food composition and nutrition tables in this book -presented in English, German, and French - address varying nutritional needs and allow for the constant changes in the nutritional assessment of food constituents. The updated Sixth Edition of Food Composition and Nutrition Tables builds on the strong base established by the previous editions by expanding to accommodate additional and revised data that new methods of analysis have unearthed.The comprehensive data in these tablesInclude EC recommended calculations on energy values for the identification marking of food products with their nutritional valuesCover data on food allergens and pseudo-allergens Contain the total energy values, as well as the protein, fat, available carbohydrates, available organic acids, and ethanol in kilojoule (kJ), and kilogram calories (kcal) per 200 gram edible portionFeature a highly readable, clear layout

Food Composition and Nutrition Tables, Sixth Edition

Reference

Souci, Siegfried W.

Fachmann, W

Kraut, Heinrich

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Self-medication for minor illnesses and complaints has become much more common in recent years. Patients make and drink herbal teas as a cure for colds, stomach-aches, and nervousness. But their university studies ill-equip pharmacists and doctors to cope with the demand for competent counseling in this area. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals fills the gap. It contains detailed monographs on 181 medicinal herbs common in pharmaceutical practice. For each herb, this exciting text provides: 
<li>references to pharmacopoeial monographs 
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<li>synonyms 
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<li>constituents (often with chemical structures) 
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<li>indications 
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<li>preparation of a tea 
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<li>commercially available phytomedicines 
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<li>regulatory status 
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<li>authentication using macroscopical, microscopical, and chromatographic techniques. Many of the herbs have photographs or drawings to aid the process of authentication and quality assurance. Quantitative studies, likely adulterations, and storage requirements complete the text that is supplemented by references to original scientific publications. Extra references are included to the British Pharmacopoeia, the work of scientists in the English language, and to phytomedicines available in the United Kingdom.</li>

Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals,2nd Edition

Herbal medicinal products are becoming more widely accepted as alternatives to medical prescriptions. Many physicians believe that herbal medicinal products are able to beneficially complement or even replace chemical medicines. Recognizing this, European institutions are pushing the harmonization of assessment criteria for herbal medicinal products. However, this kind of reevaluation of herbal medicinal products is combined with increased expectations of physicians, pharmacists, and patients with regard to quality, safety and efficacy. There are often uncertainties about the interpretation of basic terms related to the manufacture and quality of herbal medicinal products. Herbal Medicinal Products clarifies these uncertainties, increasing transparency in the herbal medicinal products market and supporting an adequate scientific discussion related to herbal medicinal products. It offers a complete survey on current scientific knowledge, as well as on legal basic requirements for the development, standardization, and licensing of herbal medicinal products.

Herbal Medicinal Products

Gaedcke, Frauke

Steinhoff, Barbara

How threatening are bites, stings, and poisons? What is the chemical composition of animal venom? How do the poisons work? What is the appropriate first aid or treatment? The author of Venomous and Poisonous Animals, a toxicologist at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Frankfurt, provides answers for everyone, from toxicologists to travelers. This book gives an introduction to the world of venomous and poisonous animals and how they use their venoms and poisons. It presents first aid measures and general rules for treating cases of envenoming or poisoning and offers recommendations to travelers, snorklers, and SCUBA divers for avoiding dangerous encounters with poisonous marine and land animals. Each chapter in Venomous and Poisonous Animals describes one representative animal, family or genus, covering its biology, venom apparatus, chemistry and mode of action of the toxic substances, symptoms of envenoming and poisoning, prevention and therapy.

Venomous and Poisonous Animals: A Handbook for Biologists, Toxicologists and Toxinologists, Physicians and Pharmacists

Science & Math

Mebs, Dietrich

Biological Sciences

An enormous increase in the knowledge of herbal drug constituents, their effects, and side effects has occurred in recent years. As a result, many herbal products are undergoing a transition from classic herbal teas to standardized extracts. This new edition of Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals takes the advances made in medicinal plants research and phytotherapy into account and offers reliable, highly pertinent information. This reference offers comprehensive information about the origins, constituents, effects, indications, and dosage of herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. The text also includes phytopharmaceutical information such as types of extraction solvents, drug-to-extract ratios, and dosage recommendations for extracts.

Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals, Third Edition

As demonstrated by the hundreds of books on culinary herbs, spices, and spice blends currently on the market, the ancient art of seasoning is still popular and gaining momentum. Taking you on a journey into the fascinating world of spices, from foul-smelling asafetida to devilishly hot chilies, from sumptuous saffron to fragrant cinnamon, Medicinal Spices describes, from the perspective of a natural scientist, 300 plants and the spices that are obtained from them. The author presents 84 extensive monographs of culinary herbs, including details of their cultivation, production, constituents, sensoric properties, pharmacological actions, their potential toxicity, and their culinary and medicinal uses. Divided into two parts, the book begins with an overview of facts about herbs and spices that can be generalized and provides a better understanding of the specific monographs. The monograph section describes the most important culinary herbs and spices. More than 170 color illustrations and nearly 500 chemical structures round out the coverage, making this an essential resource for information on medicinal spices and their uses.

Medicinal Spices

Comprehensive data in an easy-to-use format This updated edition presents the huge amount of data needed for effective and accurate nutritional decisions in the production, marketing, and control of food products. It is designed for dietitians and nutritional experts, as well as food scientists, researchers, and manufacturers. The food composition and nutrition tables in this book ―presented in English, German, and French ― address varying nutritional requirements and allow for the constant changes in the nutritional assessment of food constituents. The seventh edition builds on the strong base of the previous editions by incorporating discussions on select new foods, investigations in bioactive compounds, as well as additional and revised data on more than 800 foods and 300 constituents. New in the seventh edition― <ul>
<li>Updated figures for iodine Vitamin K, and purines in fish</li> <li>New data on amino acid and fatty acids found in milk and milk products</li> <li>Up-to-date information on numerous mineral values</li> <li>Information on glucosinolates and fatty acids as bioactive compounds in vegetables</li> <li>Additional foods such as spelt, seabream, lamb cuts and loin of goat</li> </ul>

Food Composition and Nutrition Tables, 7th revised and completed edition

In the medical treatment of children and teenagers and the accompaniment of their parents, alternative therapies, homoeopathy, anthroposophic medicine, psychology and psychosomatics play an ever greater role alongside conventional, science-based medicine. Before a therapy can be successful, an individual diagnosis must be made, taking somatic symptoms, mental and emotional aspects and the developmental stage of the child into account. The background and context of the illness must be determined as well: Why has this child developed this particular disease at this particular moment? In this way your therapy can activate the child’s own disease-fighting resources and support it in developing its potential. Ten years after the first edition, Individual Pediatrics has been completely revised for its fourth edition. Current developments in the field of epigenetics, questions about vaccination, sun protection, and vitamin D are covered, as are newly developed and refined treatment concepts for disorders such as inadequate ventilation of the middle ear, bronchial asthma, neurodermatitis, and ADHS. New case reports have been added, and all drug data have been updated.

Individual Paediatrics: Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Aspects of Diagnosis and Counseling -- Anthroposophic-homeopathic Therapy, Fourth Edition

Stellman, Herrmann Michael

Soldner, Georg

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