Materia Medica of Western Herbs

Carole Fisher gained a BSc degree in biochemistry and spent some years in both research and routine laboratories before training in herbal medicine through the National Institute of Herbal Medicine (UK). She has been in practice as a medical herbalist since 1993 and has also recently returned to further education, completing a Diploma in Public Health at Otago University and a PhD at the University of Technology, Sydney.

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONGENERAL NOTESALPHABETICAL LIST OF BOTANICAL NAMESALPHABETICAL LIST OF COMMON NAMESAPIACEAE [Formerly Known as Umbelliferae]APOCYNACEAEARACEAEARALIACEAEARECACEAEASCLEPIADACEAEASTERACEAE [Formerly Known as Compositae]BERBERIDACEAEBETULACEAEBIGNONIACEAEBORAGINACEAEBRASSICACEAE [Formerly Known as Cruciferae]BURSERACEAECANNABACEAECAPRIFOLIACEAECARYOPHYLLACEAECLUSIACEAECUPRESSACEAEDIOSCOREACEAEDROSERACEAEEPHEDRACEAEEQUISETACEAEERICACEAEEUPHORBIACEAEFABACEAEFAGACEAEFUMARIACEAEGENTIANACEAEGERANIACEAEGINKGOACEAEHAMAMELIDACEAEHIPPOCASTANACEAEIRIDACEAEJUGLANDACEAELAMIACEAE [Formerly Known as Labiatae]LAURACEAELILIACEAELINACEAELOBELIACEAELOGANIACEAELORANTHACEAEMALVACEAEMENYANTHACEAEMONIMIACEAEMYRICACEAENYMPHACEAEOLEACEAEPAPAVERACEAEPASSIFLORACEAEPEDALIACEAEPHAEOPHYCEAEPHYTOLACCACEAPIPERACEAEPLANTAGINACEAEPOACEAE [Formerly Known as Graminae]POLYGONACEAERANUNCULACEAEROSACEAERUBIACEAERUTACEAESALICACEAESCROPHULARIACEAESOLANACEAETILIACEAETURNERACEAEULMACEAEURTICACEAEVALERIANACEAEVERBENACEAEVIOLACEAEZINGIBERACEAEAPPENDIX I — DEFINITIONSAPPENDIX II —A BBREVIATIONS USEDAPPENDIX III — GLOSSARY OF CONSTITUENTSAPPENDIX IIIA - GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMSAPPENDIX IV - CONTRAINDICATIONS TABLEAPPENDIX V - INTERACTIONSAPPENDIX VI - SUBSRATE AND INTERACTION TABLE FOR CYTOCHROME P450REFERENCESPRIMARY REFERENCESTHERAPEUTIC INDEX