Mosby's Handbook of Herbs and Natural Supplements

Linda Skidmore-Roth, RN, MSN, NP has been the lead author of Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference for more than 25 years and as such is synonymous with the Mosby imprint as a trusted name in nursing pharmacology information

Abbreviations The American Herbal Products Association Herb Safety Rating System Preface Introduction Individual Monographs: Acidophilus Aconite Agar Agrimony Alfalfa Allspice Aloe American hellebore Andrographis Androstenedione Angelica Anise Arginine Arnica Artichoke Ash Astragalus Avens Balsam of Peru Barberry Barley Basil Bay Bayberry Bearberry Bee pollen Benzoin Beta-carotene Betel palm Bethroot Betony Bilberry Birch Bistort Bitter melon Bitter orange Black catechu Black cohosh Black haw Black hellebore Black pepper Black root Blessed thistle Bloodroot Blue cohosh Blue flag Bogbean Boldo Boneset Borage Boron Boswellia Brewer's yeast Broom Buchu Buckthorn Bugleweed Burdock Butcher's broom Butterbur Cacao tree Calcium Calumba Capsicum peppers Caraway Cardamom Carline thistle Carnitine Cascara sagrada Castor Catnip Cat's claw Celandine Celery Centaury Chamomile Chaparral Chaste tree Chaulmoogra oil Cherry, wild Chestnut, horse Chickweed Chicory Chinese cucumber Chinese rhubarb Chitosan Chondroitin Chromium Cinnamon Clary Clematis Cloves Coenzyme Q10 Coffee Cohosh, black Cohosh, blue Cohosh, white Cola tree Colostrum Coltsfoot Comfrey Condurango Copper Coriander Corkwood Couchgrass Cowslip Cranberry Creatine Cucumber Cucumber, Chinese Daffodil Daisy Damiana Dandelion Devil's claw DHEA Dill Dock, yellow Dogwood, Jamaican Dong quai Echinacea Elderberry Elecampane Ephedra Eucalyptus Evening primrose oil Eyebright False unicorn root Fennel Fenugreek Feverfew Figwort Fish oils Flag, blue Flax Folic acid Fo-ti Fumitory Galanthamine Gamma linolenic acid (GLA) Garcinia Garlic Gentian Ginger Ginkgo Ginseng Ginseng, Siberian Glossy pivet Glucomannan Glucosamine Glutamine Glycine Goat's rue Goldenrod Goldenseal Gossypol Gotu kola Grape, Oregon Grapeseed Graviola Green tea Ground ivy Guar gum Guarana Guggul Gum arabic Gum, guar Gum, karaya Gymnema Haw, black Hawthorn Hellebore, American Hellebore, black Hops Horehound Horse chestnut Horseradish Horsetail Huperzine A Hyssop Iceland moss Indigo Inosine Irish moss Ivy, ground Jaborandi tree Jamaican dogwood Jambul Jimsonweed Jojoba Juniper Kaolin Karaya gum Kava Kelp Kelpware Khat Khella Kudzu Lady's mantle Lady's slipper, yellow Lavender Lecithin Lemon balm Lemongrass Lentinan Licorice Lily of the valley Lobelia Lovage Lungwort Lycopene Lysine Madder Maitake Male fern Mallow Marigold Marijuana Marjoram Marshmallow Mayapple Meadowsweet Melatonin Melon, bitter Milk thistle Mint Mistletoe Monascus Morinda Moss, Iceland Moss, Irish Motherwort Mugwort Mullein Mustard Myrrh Myrtle Neem Nettle New Zealand green-lipped mussel Night-blooming cereus Nutmeg Oak Oats Octaconsanol Oleander Oregano Oregon grape Pansy Papaya Parsley Parsley piert Passion flower Pau d'arco Peach Pectin Pennyroyal Pepper, black Peppers, capsicum Perilla Peyote Pill-bearing spurge Pineapple Pipsissewa Plantain Pokeweed Pollen, bee Pomegranate Poplar Poppy Prickly ash Primrose oil, evening Propolis Pulsatilla Pumpkin Pycnogenol Pygeum Queen Anne's lace Quince Quinine Ragwort Raspberry Rauwolfia Red bush tea Rhubarb, Chinese Root, black Rose hips Rue Safflower Saffron Sage SAM-e Santonica Sassafras Savory Saw palmetto Schisandra Senega Senna Shark cartilage Siberian ginseng Skullcap Slippery elm Sorrel Soy Spirulina Squill St. John's wort Storax Tea tree oil Tea, green Tea, red bush Thistle, carline Thistle, milk Thymus extract Tonka bean Tree, cola Tree, Jaborandi Turmeric Valerian White cohosh Wild cherry Wild yam Wintergreen Witch hazel Yam, wild Yarrow Yellow dock Yellow lady's slipper Yerba mate Yerba santa Yew Yohimbe Appendixes A.Herbal Resources B.CAM Programs in the United States and Canada C.American Association of Poison Control Centers D.Drug/Herb Interactions E.Botanical Atlas F.Pediatric Herbal Use G.Herbal Safety Index Glossary