Herbal Vade Mecum

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This Vade Mecum (go-with-me book) is intended to serve as a quick-reference for the layperson as well as others with broader interests in properties, uses, caution (contraindications, side effects, possible interactions with drugs), and active constituents of Botanical Products used mainly in Food, Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industries, and Family Practice. The approximately 800 Botanical Products are grouped in 657 short Monographs and cover a large number of the most commonly used Herbs, Spices, Essential Oils, Resins, Balsams, Fixed Oils, Fats, and Gums worldwide. Included are Beta Glucans and some Medicinal Mushrooms (shiitake, etc.), Bromelain, and more. Monographs are listed alphabetically (Acerola to Zedoary) according to the Common Names of the plants from which they are derived. At the end of the book there is a Therapeutic Checklist where botanicals are classified according to the organ systems and disorders.