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Mosby's Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements, Fourth edition, provides you with herb and supplement profiles in an easy-to-read, bulleted format.

Features:

• Detailed monographs for 300 herbal products and natural supplements, organized alphabetically for quick reference.
• Easy-to-spot icons that alert you to critical information, as well as information specific to pregnant or pediatric patients.
• A new design, updated and streamlined to make finding information easier.
• Useful appendixes covering herbal resources, pediatric herbal use, drug-herb interactions, and abbreviations.

For each entry, whenever possible, you'll be provided with: common name, scientific name, other common names, origin, uses, actions, product availability, contraindications, side effects/adverse reactions, interactions, pharmacology, client considerations.

Throughout, certain icons are used to highlight key information. The Alert icon calls out key information regarding toxicity, dangerous interactions, and other signficant reactions that may threaten a client's health. The Popular Herb icon is used to show that an herb has been designated by the Herbal Research Foundation as an herb in common use in the United States. The Pregnancy icon identifies information of special interest to pregnant or lactating clients. The Pediatric icon highlights information for pediatric clients.