Builds the scientific bridge between Eastern and Western medicine. This book demonstrates the beneficial effects and side effects of herbal drugs and provides validation to the Eastern physician by showing, from a Western pharmacodynamic perspective, how they work. It helps readers to provide safer and effective therapeutic care to their patients.

Whether they take herbal medicine for religious, philosophical, or economic reasons, Western believers are just discovering what Eastern civilizations have known for centuries. "Pharmacodynamic Basis of Herbal Medicine" builds the scientific bridge between Eastern and Western medicine. It demonstrates the beneficial effects and side effects of herbal drugs and provides validation to the Eastern physician by showing, from a Western pharmacodynamic perspective, how they work. By understanding and applying the knowledge gained in this book readers will be able to provide safer and more effective therapeutic care to their patients.

Determinants of Longevity. The Potential of Diet to Alter Disease Processes. The Role of Plant-Derived Drugs and Herbal Medicines in Healthcare. The Presence and Health Effects of Salicylates in Foods and Drugs. Recent Development in Phytotherapeutics. Recently Evaluated Herbal Products. Herbal Prescription Medicines. Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants Obtained from Natural Products. The Harmful Potential of Herbal and Other Plant Products. The Therapeutic Uses of Animal Toxins. The