The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety
Health & Wellness Alternative Medicine Medical Reference Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies Phytotherapy Clinical Safety Integrative Health
The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety (2010, hardcover, 684 pp.) is the gold-standard reference that clinicians, herbalists, and serious self-care advocates reach for when they need evidence-based answers on herb–drug interactions, contraindications, dosage limits, and regulatory status. Written by two of the world’s most respected phytotherapists—Simon Mills and Kerry Bone—this comprehensive textbook translates decades of clinical practice and peer-reviewed research into clear, actionable protocols for safe, effective plant-based care. Unlike quick online searches that can yield conflicting advice, every monograph is cross-referenced with human trials, pharmacokinetic data, and global safety reports, making it an indispensable desk companion for anyone who prescribes, dispenses, or recommends herbs.
What sets this volume apart is its systematic “safety class” system: each herb is assigned a color-coded risk profile that instantly tells you whether it can be used safely in pregnancy, combined with cardiovascular meds, or given to pediatric clients. Extensive chapters on hepatotoxicity, bleeding risk, and peri-operative considerations walk you through real-world scenarios—so you’ll know, for example, when to pause St. John’s wort before surgery or how to adjust dosing in compromised liver function. The book also supplies reproducible patient handouts and audit checklists that streamline informed-consent conversations and protect both practitioner and client.
Collectors and students alike prize this sturdy hardcover edition for its durability and generous margins ideal for annotation. Although inscribed (previous owner’s name neatly blacked out), pages are crisp, bright, and obviously unread—no highlighting, dog-ears, or shelf grime—so it presents beautifully on an office shelf or consultation room. With demand for integrative health continuing to surge, a clean copy of this out-of-print text is increasingly hard to find; securing one now ensures you’ll have the definitive safety resource on hand as herbal therapeutics move ever further into mainstream practice.
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