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Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R1,398
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Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies (Paperback, New): David J Owen

Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies (Paperback, New)

David J Owen

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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. Samuel Johnson The Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies helps you find reliable online resources for the information you need about herbs used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including cancer, heart disease, depression, and AIDS. This easy-to-use consumer guide will help you steer clear of misleadingand potentially harmfulinformation that often amounts to nothing more than a thinly veiled product advertisement, as you search for the accurate and up-to-date news, facts, and advice that are out thereif you know where to look. Author David J. Owen, whose previous book, The Herbal Internet Companion: Herbs and Herbal Medicine Online (Haworth) won the 2002 International Herb Association Book Award, guides you through Web sites, mailing lists, listservs, newsgroups, and databases to uncover safe and sound health information that's aimed at specific conditions and specific populations; there's even a chapter on herbs for pets! You'll find the information you need on the safety and effectiveness of herbal remedies, current laws and regulations governing their use, and the basics of botany, including how herbs are named and what parts of the plants are used. Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies provides the information you need on: decoding herbal product labels general and CAM Web sites PubMed (MEDLINE) Google versus PubMed Web sites that discuss side effects and herb-drug interactions consumer awareness Web sites Web sites for specific diseases and conditions Web sites for specific populations Web addresses, browsers, and navigating Web sites and much more! Internet Guide to Herbal Remedies also includes helpful tables, figures, and screen captures from Web sites. This book is essential for anyone looking for safe and reliable information online.

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Imprint: Haworth Press Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2006
First published: 2006
Authors: David J Owen
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 119
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-7890-2231-8
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > General
Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Alternative therapies, healing & health
Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > Traditional medicine & remedies > General
Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Alternative therapies, healing & health
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LSN: 0-7890-2231-1
Barcode: 9780789022318

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