The ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs

How does the healthcare professional effectively respond to patient inquiries on the use of herbal supplements? What clinical research has been conducted? How is safety evaluated? This evidence-based educational course answers these and other questions for healthcare professionals, pharmaceutical companies, health management companies, policy makers, the dietary supplement industry and consumers.

Utilize a Reference Approved by Health Professionals

The entire work has been extensively peer reviewed by experts in many fields related to medicinal plants, including healthcare professionals in allied health fields as well as those selected by the accrediting agencies.

Benefit from Complete Herb Profiles

Each herb profile includes:

Access Comprehensive Clinical Monographs that Include:

  • Overviews
  • Description
  • Uses
  • Dosage
  • Duration of Administration
  • Chemistry
  • Pharmacological Actions
  • Mechanism of Action
  • Contraindications
  • Adverse Effects
  • Drug Interactions
  • Safety Rating
  • Regulatory Status
  • Branded Products
  • Clinical Review
  • References
  • Clinical Studies Table

Understand the Research and Safety of Herb Combinations

Many products on the market are based on combinations of herbs.  This chapter will present monographs on numerous herbal combination products that have undergone human clinical studies.

Identify Products Backed by Clinical Research

One of the most useful and innovative features of the comprehensive clinical monograph is a table which reviews many of the clinical studies conducted on the herb, study design, and brands used in the studies. Practitioners have been requesting this information. Separate tables in the book summarize all of the brands mentioned in the book and include brand name in the U.S., foreign product brand names, company names and company contact information.

Popular selling herb profiles included in the book

  • American ginseng
  • Asian ginseng
  • Bilberry
  • Black cohosh
  • Cat’s claw
  • Cayenne
  • Chamomile
  • Chaste tree
  • Cranberry
  • Echinacea
  • Eleuthero
  • Ephedra
  • Evening primrose oil
  • Feverfew
  • Flax
  • Garlic
  • Ginger
  • Ginkgo
  • Goldenseal
  • Green tea
  • Hawthorn
  • Horse chestnut
  • Kava kava
  • Licorice
  • Milk thistle
  • Peppermint
  • Saw palmetto
  • St. John’s wort
  • Valerian

Comprehensive Clinical Monographs Answer Complex Questions

Each monograph includes a safety rating, herb-drug interactions, and the clinical studies table.  These monographs are an invaluable reference that provides in-depth information to the practitioner and sufficient detail to answer many of the most complex patient questions.
Evaluate the Safety of Herbs

Each clinical overview and comprehensive monograph contains an accurate and thorough summary of any known drug interactions, adverse effects, or contraindications associated with use of the herb.

Use the Clinical Overviews as a Quick Reference

The two-page clinical overviews will give the practitioner a comprehensive picture of the herb at a glance.  Based on the full monographs, the overviews provide a streamlined way to use the information in the clinical setting.

Patients Take Home Accurate Information

The one-page Patient Information Sheets can be duplicated by the practitioner and may be given to patients.  They contain the basic information that the patients need to safely and effectively integrate herbs into their overall health management picture.

Review the Latest Clinical Research

The Clinical Studies Tables are a unique feature of the comprehensive monographs that provide a review of the most important, published human clinical studies.  The tables summarize the study conclusions and the brands used.  Practitioners will be able to check what the studies conclude about many of the products their patients are using or they may choose to make recommendations based on this information.

This publication will be available summer 2002. To reserve a copy of this excellent reference book email custserv@herbalgram.org or call the ABC toll free order line at 800-373-7105.