Ruth Winter, M.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  The inner bark contains a lot of mucilage and is used in cosmetics, in baby products, and in herbal products to soothe the skin. EMBRYO EXTRACT • An oil extracted from fetal calves, often promoted in "youth-restoring" creams and lotions.
EMETINE CHLORIDE • A preservative. Made from ipecac (see), it is used in medicine to treat amebic dysentery. Acute toxicity can occur at any dose. EMOLLIENTS • Creams, Lotions, Skin Softeners, and Moisturizers. An emollient by whatever designation—night cream, hand cream, eye cream, skin softener, moisturizer, and so on—remains an emollient. |
Thomas Bartram
See book keywords and concepts |  Herbalists, phy-totherapists, other practitioners and companies are required by the Committee on Safety of Medicines to report all adverse reactions associated with herbal products used in the treatment of disease in the UK within one month. Adverse reactions to over-the-counter alternative medicines should be reported using the yellow card scheme. (CSM., Current Problems 1986, No 16:477.)
ADVERTISING. References: The Medicine's Act, 1968. The Medicines Labelling and Advertising to the Public Regulations (SI 1978 No 41). |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Labels reveal other valuable information about the quality of herbal products. My advice is to consider the following when making your selection. standardization. As I mentioned earlier, I prefer standardized extracts over other herbal preparations because they indicate that I'm getting a specific amount of one or more of an herb's medicinal compounds. If a product is standardized, its label should say so. The label should also indicate which of an herb's active ingredients have been used for standardization. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
See book keywords and concepts |  If you are fortunate, you will be one of the millions of people who have found solutions to health problems with over-the-counter herbal products. But don't be too disappointed if a particular herb doesn't work for you. There are no guarantees in herbal medicine. Rest assured that there is most likely another herb out there that will help you if you do not abandon your search prematurely. The more complex the problem, the more complex the solution. In Section Three, we will discuss how to combine and use herbs to treat more serious health conditions. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Some herbal products have ingredients other than the herbs themselves. Tinctures, for example, are made with alcohol or glycerin. Tablets may contain all sorts of filler substances. Does the product you're considering have extra ingredients? If so, how does it look? It should be clean, with no obvious extraneous materials. dosage. A product's dosage can serve as a good indicator of its quality. Sometimes a dose of one brand is two to three times the dose of another brand. In this case, more is not necessarily better!
I'm not comfortable recommending dosages, because I'm not a physician. | | In German pharmacies, herbal products are sold right alongside conventional medications. Herbs account for about 30 percent of Germany's nonprescription drug sales, and they're routinely recommended by pharmacists and prescribed by physicians (especially general practitioners). In fact, German pharmacists and M.D.'s are required to study herbal medicine as part of their professional training. | | An Herbal Buying Guide
So now you're in the health food store, scanning shelves of herbal products in search of good standardized extracts. And you're wondering which brand should you buy.
At this point, I must reveal that since I retired some years ago, I've been serving as a consultant to Nature's Herbs, a wholly owned subsidiary of Twinlab. I'm a senior science advisor, helping the company to select the best herbs and the best extraction processes so that it can produce the best products. |
Thomas Bartram
See book keywords and concepts | | See: LABELLING OF herbal products.
Dosage of tablets varies according to each product. As a general average: Adults (over 12), 2 tablets thrice daily. Children (5-12 years) 1 tablet 2-4 times daily according to age. Carton-cap seals should not be broken.
Keep tablets out of sight and reach of children. All tablets should be packed in containers with safety closures against the attention of children.
Tablets should be stored in a cool dry place out of the light.
Patients should remain standing for at least 90 seconds after taking tablets, followed by sips of water. | | As regards efficacy, the Licensing Authority bears in mind the traditional nature of herbal products and realise that it would be unrealistic to require special studies such as clinical trials. Instead, it will accept evidence found in established official and herbal pharmacopoeias to support an application for a licence. They feel "that an absence of scientific proof should not prevent continued use by the public of herbal treatments they have come to rely on".
The Licensing Authority will accept evidence of efficacy when based on appropriate bibliographies and traditional use. |
John Heinerman
See book keywords and concepts |  America's leading health-food stores. Of those surveyed, 50% of all herb sales were for laxative products.
In my own formulating work I've discovered also that my laxative formulas have always outsold every other product I've created, seven to one. It can truly be said that health-minded Americans have a real love affair with their colons and herbal laxatives.
Most of the herb books on the market will list a number of standard laxative agents: cascara sagrada, buckthorn bark, senna, turkey rhubarb, and psyllium seed. These are in addition to the old standby of prune juice. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
See book keywords and concepts |  Without these recognized benefits, consumers will be constantly exposed to media stories that overemphasize the risks and underplay the benefits of these valuable natural remedies."
As part of the resurgence in environmental awareness, herbs and herbal remedies are receiving increased attention as a natural, cost-effective alternative to pharmaceutical products. For more information on herbal medicine, or to find a physician who uses herbal remedies, contact:
American Association of Oriental Medicine
433 Front Street
Catasauqua, Pennsylvania 18032
(888) 500-7999
Website: www.aaom. |
The Complete Book of Alternative NutritionSelene Y. Craig, Jennifer Haigh, Sari Harrar and the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books
See book keywords and concepts | | Most of those dollars are spent in natural food stores, for everything from concentrated herbal essences and capsules to beauty products—those mysterious herbal lotions and potions you may have seen lurking on the shelves but couldn't find a use for.
But the simplest—and surely the most pleasurable—way to unleash the healing power of herbs is the way generations before us did: by using them to lend flavor to their food and brewing flavorful teas. There are many ways to do this. Try a tabbouleh (buckwheat) salad spiked with the crisp flavors of parsley and mint. |
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