This volume, then, is uneven in the interest and quality of its contributions. It is not cheap (although I suppose that goes without saying nowadays). The editors have made little effort to standardize its style and format (surely they could have done something over the past nine years?): Greek script jostles transliteration, and there is no consistency of title or abbreviation, even in the cas...

Recent revival of interest in folk-medicine, fringe practices, and nature therapy is reflected in the number of books that have appeared in the last few years on ancient herbal remedies. This one deals with the herbals themselves, and, although it cannot compete with Eleanour S. Rohde's classic, which in any case is concerned only with English herbals, it offers a creditable account for the spe...

PURPOSE: Natural health products (natural health products) such as herbs, vitamins and homeopathic medicines are widely available in Canadian pharmacies. The purpose of this paper was to conduct a systematic analysis of Canadian pharmacy policies and guidelines to explore pharmacists' professional responsibilities with respect to natural health products. METHODS: Legislation, codes of ethics, ...

AANA Journal/December 2007/Vol. 75, No. 6 431 system, also found in valerian, are believed to be responsible for most biological effects of valerian by inhibiting the breakdown or enhancing the effect of GABA in the brain, producing sedation. No study to date has evaluated the effects of valerian or the combination of valerian and midazolam, a commonly used preanesthetic anxiolytic, on emergenc...

OBJECTIVE Patients with small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) have chronic intestinal and extraintestinal symptomatology which adversely affects their quality of life. Present treatment of SIBO is limited to oral antibiotics with variable success. A growing number of patients are interested in using complementary and alternative therapies for their gastrointestinal health. The objective w...

BACKGROUND Women aged >or= 65 years are high utilizers of prescription and over-the-counter medications, and many of these women are also taking dietary supplements. Dietary supplement use by older women is a concern because of possible side effects and drug-supplement interactions. The primary aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive picture of dietary supplement use among older women ...

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies present a growing information management challenge for physicians because nearly 40% of their patients may be using and another 50% may be considering use of CAM as part of their healthcare regimen. The National Health Statistics Reports for 2007 described the most commonly used nonvitamin, nonmineral therapy as natural products (eg, herbal...

AIM To assess the current clinical evidence of the effectiveness of Da-Cheng-Qi Decoction (DCQD) for the treatment of Postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction (PGD). METHODS Randomized controlled trails (RCTs) of Da-Cheng-Qi Decoction (DCQD) to PGD were searched from available major electronic databases to September 2016. The intervention must be a modified DCQD or DCQD integrated to Wester...

Considering the development of bacterial resistance to chemical antibiotics and their adverse effects on environment public health, there is a growing demand replace them with plant-based derivatives or combine these green agents give synergistic effects. In this study, antimicrobial properties essential oils extracts six medicinal plants from Ahvaz region, Iran, against 12 gram-positive gram-n...