The Handbook of Clinically Tested Herbal Remedies( 2 Vols)-Marilyn Barrett(BBS).pdf

Marilyn Barrett, PhD

Editor

The Handbook

of Clinically Tested

Herbal Remedies

Volume 1

Pre-publication

REVIEWS,

COMMENTARIES,

EVALUATIONS . . .

“T his book is well written by experts

in their respective fields and for

the first time provides information on

specific botanical products that relate

to their therapeutic value. It should be

of great interest to students and practi-

tioners in any of the health sciences, to

manufacturers of botanical products, to

the lay public, to those in the media

who can rely on information in this

book to be authoritative, and to librar-

ies.”

“T he Handbook of Clinically Tested

Herbal Remedies is an important

addition to the modern clinical litera-

ture on herbs.”

Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD

Associate Professor,

Department of Physiology

and Biophysics,

Georgetown University School

of Medicine

Norman R. Farnsworth, PhD

UIC Distinguished Professor

and Research Professor

of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy,

University of Illinois at Chicago

More pre-publication

REVIEWS, COMMENTARIES, EVALUATIONS . . .

“T his book includes profiles on thirty-

ical trials and how good the evidence is

as assessed by preset criteria applied

by botanical experts.

The book is broken down into three

parts. The first section is very informa-

tive and sets the stage nicely for a dis-

cussion of individual herbs. The second

part describes the process of evidence

gathering, sorting, grading, and peer

review. Those readers familiar with the

Natural Standard database of natural

products will recognize the editor’s use

of ‘levels of evidence’ criteria as a use-

ful tool to distill the information avail-

able from clinical trials. In the third

part, the authors provide monographs

on the various herbals listed alphabeti-

cally. These are concise and cover basic

questions of whether the trial was ran-

domized and whether the methods were

clearly described. One unique feature is

a detailed description of specific prod-

ucts used in clinical trials. These are

very helpful to both clinicians inter-

ested in recommending specific prod-

ucts and to patients interested in find-

ing these same products at their local

health food stores.

This book provides valuable infor-

mation to providers and patients look-

ing to sort out which commonly used

herbs are evidence-based and particu-

larly

two individual herbal medi-

cines and ten combination formulas.

These profiles include descriptions of

most of the major published clinical

studies, which have been analyzed by a

panel of authoritative reviewers. It is

obvious that great care was taken to en-

sure completeness and accuracy of in-

formation,

and

the

reviewers’

com-

ments

regarding

study

quality

are

especially informative and helpful.

Clinicians searching for detailed

and accurate information on herbal

clinical trials will find much in this text

that is useful. It is a significant achieve-

ment in the field of evidence-based

analyses of herbal medicine. It should

be of most help to clinicians or re-

searchers who want specific details on

herbal clinical studies that are not

readily available, or who are interested

in clinical-trial-quality assessments by

authoritative reviewers.”

Michael Rotblatt, MD, PharmD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine,

UCLA; Co-author,

Evidence-Based Herbal Medicine

which

specific

products

they

“T he purpose of this book is to pro-

should be looking for.”

vide both consumers and health

care providers with concise, evidence-

based information on the most widely

used herbs and herbal formulas tested

in clinical trials. The focus is on what

preparations have been studied in clin-

Philippe O. Szapary, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine,

Division of General Internal Medicine,

University of Pennsylvania School

of Medicine

NOTES FOR PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS

AND LIBRARY USERS

This is an original book title published by The Haworth Herbal

Press®, Pharmaceutical Products Press,® and The Haworth Medical

Press®, imprints of The Haworth Press, Inc. Unless otherwise noted

in specific chapters with attribution, materials in this book have not

been previously published elsewhere in any format or language.

CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION NOTES

All books published by The Haworth Press, Inc. and its imprints are

printed on certified pH neutral, acid-free book grade paper. This pa-

per meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard

for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Material,

ANSI Z39.48-1984.

The Handbook

of Clinically Tested

Herbal Remedies

Volume 1

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