The use of medicinal plants to treat everyday complaints and illnesses is becoming
ever more popular. This pocket guide is aimed not only at doctors and members
of the various healing professions interested in phytotherapy, but also in particular
at interested lay people, for whom this book is intended as a practical guide
in the often confusing self-treatment market. This pocket guide is based on experiences
and prescriptions that have been used in Germany for many years or even
decades. If necessary, they have been supplemented by US-American remedies
and suggestions for use. Where possible, available scientific literature has also
been taken into account. The book includes the medicinal plants most widely used
in Germany, almost all of which are also used in the US, as well as their use in the
treatment of major syndromes. A general section in which production processes,
quality characteristics, and legal backgrounds are explained is followed by
portraits of the most important medicinal plants with references to more recent
scientific literature. Illnesses and possibilities of treating them with medicinal
plant preparations as well as a critical evaluation of the significance of this therapy
make up the next section. A specialty of this checklist is the section “Care Involving
Medicinal Plants.” Here special value was attached to practicability. A tabular
section divided up into medicinal plants with brief summaries of remedies
and references follows. Contact addresses and lists of manufacturers as well as a
comprehensive table of contents round off the guide.
Dr. Liane Platt-Rohloff and Ms Angelika-M. Findgott from Thieme International
have done a first-class job of coordinating the work of both authors and editing
the manuscripts. We, the authors, know that we echo their sentiments in wishing
that this pocket guide will be a practical aid to all those who are interested in using
medicinal plants and will contribute to the alleviation and curing of illnesses and
complaints.
There is an herbal remedy for most ailments - and you will find the most important ones in this concise pocket guide. Co-authored by Karin Kraft, one of the members of the German Commission E, and Christopher Hobbs, a renowned North-American herbalist, this handy pocket guide gives you the decisive facts about important medicinal herbs, taking into consideration both major European monographs (Commission E and ESCOP) and up-to-date clinical trials. The book goes on to inform the reader on the usage of herbal remedies for a number of common indications.
The book gives first-hand, easy to access information on the administration of herbal remedies for the medical practitioner and herbal therapist alike. Profit from the wealth of German tradition, extended by North American experience in the usage of herbal medicines.