Botanical Medicine for Womens Health

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 7
FOREWORD......Page 9
FOREWORD......Page 11
THE STRUCTURE OF BOTANICAL MEDICINE FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH......Page 12
PREFACE REFERENCES......Page 13
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 14
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 16
WHERE DO BOTANICAL MEDICINES FIT INTO CAM?......Page 17
WHY ARE PATIENTS TURNING TO CAM?......Page 18
HOW OFTEN DO WOMEN SEEK CAM THERAPIES AND WHY?......Page 20
CAM EDUCATION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS......Page 21
TOWARD AN INTEGRATED FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE......Page 22
WOMEN, HERBS, AND HEALTH REFORM: A HISTORICAL SUMMARY......Page 24
ANCIENT TO MODERN HERBAL PRESCRIBING......Page 29
THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR BOTANICAL MEDICINE......Page 40
CONSTITUENTS OF MEDICINAL PLANTS......Page 46
THE ACTIONS OF HERBS......Page 51
SELECTION CRITERIA, FORMULATION, AND PRESCRIBING......Page 69
BOTANICAL PREPARATION FORMS......Page 75
SPECIAL PREPARATIONS......Page 86
BOTANICAL MEDICINE DOSING......Page 88
BOTANICAL MEDICINE SAFETY: GUIDELINES FOR PRACTITIONERS......Page 91
INTEGRATING BOTANICAL MEDICINES INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND GUIDELINES......Page 108
SELECTING AND IDENTIFYING QUALITY HERBAL PRODUCTS......Page 110
MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND THE NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE......Page 113
PUBERTY, MENARCHE, AND ADOLESCENCE......Page 121
ACNE VULGARIS......Page 129
AMENORRHEA......Page 138
DYSMENORRHEA......Page 146
DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING......Page 155
PREMENSTRUAL SYMPTOMS, PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS), AND PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER (PMDD)......Page 165
PREMENSTRUAL HEADACHE AND MIGRAINE......Page 180
POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME......Page 191
THYROID DISORDERS: HYPOTHYROIDISM AND HYPERTHYROIDISM......Page 202
STRESS, ADAPTATION, THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL-AXIS (HPA) AND WOMEN’S HEALTH......Page 213
UTERINE FIBROIDS......Page 227
FIBROCYSTIC BREASTS AND BREAST PAIN......Page 235
ENDOMETRIOSIS......Page 241
CERVICAL DYSPLASIA: BOTANICAL AND NATUROPATHIC APPROACHES......Page 251
CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN......Page 258
VULVOVAGINITIS AND COMMON VAGINAL INFECTIONS......Page 272
GENITAL WARTS (CONDYLOMA AND HPV)......Page 283
HERPES......Page 287
HIV INFECTION AND BOTANICAL THERAPIES......Page 299
URINARY TRACT INFECTION......Page 306
INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS......Page 314
THE BREASTS AND THE BREAST EXAM......Page 322
PREVALENCE OF HERB USE DURING PREGNANCY......Page 337
LACK OF TRAINING IN OBSTETRIC BOTANICAL MEDICINE USE......Page 338
SAFETY, EVIDENCE, AND POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS OF BOTANICAL USE DURING PREGNANCY......Page 339
CONTRAINDICATED HERBS FOR PREGNANCY AND LACTATION......Page 340
CONTRAINDICATED HERB LISTS AND BOTANICAL SAFETY CLASSIFICATIONS......Page 343
FORMS OF ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATE DURING PREGNANCY......Page 347
SUMMARY......Page 349
MALE FACTORS AFFECTING FERTILITY......Page 350
DIAGNOSIS......Page 351
CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT APPROACHES......Page 353
DISCUSSION OF BOTANICAL PROTOCOL......Page 354
NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 358
ADDITIONAL THERAPIES......Page 359
PREGNANCY CARE AND PRENATAL WELLNESS......Page 363
THE ROLE OF HERBS IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MISCARRIAGE......Page 364
NAUSEA AND VOMITING OF PREGNANCY AND HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM......Page 369
HEARTBURN (GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX) IN PREGNANCY......Page 378
IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA......Page 380
PRETERM LABOR AND UTERINE IRRITABILITY......Page 384
CONSTIPATION DURING PREGNANCY......Page 386
HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY......Page 389
GROUP B STREP (GBS) INFECTION IN PREGNANCY......Page 394
PRURITIC URTICARIAL PAPULES AND PLAQUES OF PREGNANCY (PUPPP)......Page 399
VARICOSITIES IN PREGNANCY......Page 403
INSOMNIA IN PREGNANCY......Page 406
BREECH PRESENTATION AND VERSION......Page 410
FACILITATING LABOR: INDUCTION, AUGMENTATION, AND DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR......Page 414
PAIN IN LABOR......Page 426
POSTPARTUM CARE OF THE MOTHER......Page 432
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION......Page 434
BREASTFEEDING AND HERBS: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS AND BREASTFEEDING CONCERNS FOR THE MOTHER-INFANT DYAD......Page 449
COMMON LACTATION CONCERNS: ENGORGEMENT, CRACKED NIPPLES, MASTITIS, AND INSUFFICIENT BREAST MILK......Page 462
PERIMENOPAUSE AND MENOPAUSE: AN OVERVIEW......Page 471
REFRAMING MENOPAUSE: THE WISE WOMAN PERSPECTIVE......Page 473
HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY: RISKS, BENEFITS, ALTERNATIVES......Page 477
HOT FLASHES AND NIGHT SWEATS......Page 484
DEPRESSION......Page 490
ANXIETY IN MENOPAUSE......Page 501
INSOMNIA......Page 505
PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN......Page 511
OSTEOPOROSIS, BONE HEALTH, AND MENOPAUSE......Page 521
VAGINAL DRYNESS AND ATROPHY......Page 528
LOW LIBIDO AND SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN THE PERIMENOPAUSAL WOMAN......Page 532
PART V - Plant Profiles*......Page 537
WEBSITES/DATABASES......Page 538
BLACK COHOSH......Page 539
BlUE COHOSH......Page 544
CHASTE TREE......Page 547
DONG QUAI......Page 550
GINGER......Page 552
KAVA KAVA......Page 555
RED CLOVER......Page 558
ST. JOHN’S WORT......Page 560
UVA URSI......Page 563
WILD YAM......Page 566
APPENDIX I - Common and Botanical Medicine Names Quick Reference Dose Chart......Page 628
References......Page 631
CHAPTER 2......Page 632
CHAPTER 4......Page 633
CHAPTER 5......Page 634
CHAPTER 6......Page 642
CHAPTER 7......Page 645
CHAPTER 8......Page 649
CHAPTER 9......Page 652
CHAPTER 10......Page 654
CHAPTER 11......Page 655
CHAPTER 13......Page 656
CHAPTER 14......Page 659
CHAPTER 15......Page 660
CHAPTER 16......Page 663
CHAPTER 17......Page 664
CHAPTER 18......Page 666
CHAPTER 19......Page 668
Plant Profiles......Page 680
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D......Page 688
E......Page 690
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I......Page 695
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M......Page 698
N......Page 700
P......Page 701
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V......Page 709
Y......Page 710