Advanced Botanical Prescribing

Download or read book Advanced Botanical Prescribing written by Chris Pickrell and published by Ccnm Press. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced Botanical Prescribing is a clinically oriented textbook designed for students and practitioners of botanical medicine looking to optimize the clinical efficacy of their botanical formulating. The goal of this text is to guide students and practitioners through the clinical thinking and rationale of optimal botanical formulating using clinical modeling. Combining the most current research with traditional and historical use, Advanced Botanical Prescribing provides a practice-ready, evidence-based approach to clinically effective botanical medicine. Learning Features of Advanced Botanical Prescribing: * Step-by-step modeling of the clinical thinking and rational behind herb selection and formulation * Review of the most common presentations seen in practice, with a discussion of the therapeutic choice and alternatives best suited to treatment * Concise, clinically oriented collection of monographs covering 195 of the most common botanicals used in practice, updated to include the most current evidence * Monographs also include sections on "pairs well with" and "closest substitute" to further aid students and practitioners in optimal formulating * Comprehensive reference chart of the most current therapeutic doses for tincture, infusions, decoctions, and powders