Ebook Safety of Chinese Herbal Medicine
The issue of safety of Chinese herbal remedies must be paramount in the mind of practitioners for two reasons. First and foremost, because, as practitioners, we must strive to give patients the best possible care and minimize possible side-effects and adverse reactions; secondly, we need to be seen to practise in a professional and responsible manner that ensures the maximum safety if we are to satisfy potential regulatory authorities. There are more and more negative reports regarding the alleged toxicity of herbal remedies (many of them misguided or plainly wrong) and we need, as practitioners, not only to practise in the safest way possible, but also to be seen to do so.
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. How drugs are metabolized and excreted
2. Factors affecting dosage of drugs
3. Description of side-effects, adverse reactions, idiosyncratic reactions and allergic reactions to drugs
4. Differences in the pharmacodynamics of drugs and herbs
5. Side-effects, adverse reactions, idiosyncratic reactions and allergic reactions to herbal medicines: a review of the literature with identification of some mistakes
6. Interactions between drugs and Chinese herbs
7. Side-effects of Chinese herbal formulae and how to deal with them
8. Symptoms and signs of liver failure and renal failure
9. Herbal remedies in pregnancy
10. How to advise patients reporting alleged side-effects, adverse reactions or unspecified reactions
11. Dosage of herbal remedies
12. When not to use herbal remedies
13. Quality controls of Chinese herbal remedies
14. Report form
Appendix: Register of Chinese herbal medicine (UK) restricted substances list (august 1999)
Note
Bibliography
End notes
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