Herbal Medicine: A Concise Overview for Professionals

by Edzard Ernst (Editor)

Herbal a concise overview for healthcare professionals makes no attempt to provide all the answers. It does, however, offer an evidence-based look at herbal medicine that will serve as a useful, fully referenced guide for physicians, medical herbalists and other healthcare professionals with an interest in plant-based therapy.

* How do herbal medicines work? - Do they work?
* What can we learn from traditional herbalism - and what is the difference between herbalism and phytomedicine?
* Should herbal medicines be regulated - and what are the implications if they are?

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2000