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Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals is a five-volume set that serves as a comprehensive, practical reference manual for herbalists, physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. Dr. Jill Stansbury draws on her decades of clinical experience and her extensive research to provide an unparalleled range of herbal formulas.
Organized by body system, each volume includes hundreds of formulas to treat common health conditions, as well as formulas that address specific energetic or symptomatic presentations. For each formula, Dr. Stansbury briefly explains how the selected herbs address the specific condition. Sidebars and user-friendly lists help readers quickly choose which herbs are best for specific presentations and detail traditional uses of both Western and traditional Asian formulas and herbs that are readily available in the United States.
Volume 3 focuses on endocrine systems, offering formulas and supporting information for treating thyroid disease, adrenal disorders, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. This volume also covers the female and male reproductive systems including conditions related to menstruation and PMS, fertility and pregnancy, and the prostate. Reproductive endocrinology is one of Dr. Stansbury’s specialties, and she provides herbal formulas and therapies for pelvic inflammatory disease, genital herpes, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, PCOS, uterine fibroids, low libido, erectile dysfunction, and more. She also discusses the role of herbal medicine in prevention and treatment of reproductive cancers.
Each chapter includes a materia medica section that describes individual herbs with tips on their properties, modes of action, and the specific symptoms each plant best addresses.
These formularies are also a tutorial for budding herbalists on the sophisticated art of fine-tuning an herbal formula for the constitution and overall health condition of an individual patient, rather than prescribing a one-size-fits-all treatment for a basic diagnosis. The text aims to teach by example, helping clinicians develop their own intuition and ability to create effective herbal formulas.
Volume 1 focuses on digestion and elimination and Volume 2 covers circulation and respiration. Volumes 4 (Neurology, Psychiatry, and Pain Management) and 5 (Immunology, Orthopedics, and Otolaryngology) will be published in 2020.
From the Publisher
Soy
Many studies show either no effect of dietary soy on thyroid function or a positive effect. A large meta-analysis on postmenopausal women confirmed a variety of beneficial estrogenic and reproductive hormonal effects from soy isoflavones, without significant effects on thyroid function.
Several studies investigating soy versus placebo showed no changes were observed in TSH, free T3, T4, autoantibodies, or thyroid hormone receptor assays in menopausal women. One short-term study reported that daily consumption of boiled soybeans produced a transient increase in TSH in men but not women,56 and another showed no differences in total T3, free T3, total T4, free T4, TSH, or thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) in a soy-based diet, compared to a soy-free milk protein diet. (more on page 35)
Licorice
Glycyrrhiza (licorice) is one of the most widely used herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine and has many hormonal and metabolic regulatory properties. Licorice affects the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and impacts adrenal hormones, in part, by affecting cortisol metabolizing dehydrogenase enzymes, increasing serum cortisol when low, and decreasing urinary excretion of cortisol, which boosts cortisol activity in the tissue. Due to these effects, licorice may support weak or aging adrenal glands, reducing gradual loss of strength and vitality by helping to maintain responsiveness of the adrenal gland and to maintain feedback loops involving neuroendocrine regulation in the brain. (more on page 53)
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa, which has also been called Cimicifuga racemosa, is a North American perennial herb used by Native Americans for the treatment of dysmenorrhea, rheumatism, and other complaints and is presently widely used for relief of menopausal symptoms. Black cohosh was popularized by Eclectic medical practitioners in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They referred to the plant as macrotys, recommending it for ovaritis, endometriosis, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea. Black cohosh root was included in the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) from 1820 to 1926. (more on page 140)
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing; 1st edition (May 29, 2019)
Language : English
Hardcover : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1603588558
ISBN-13 : 978-1603588553
Item Weight : 1.8 pounds
Dimensions : 8 x 1.25 x 10 inches