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Abstract
A comprehensive resource of medical and herbal interventions related to women's health issues, Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health provides a unique combination of traditional and modern scientific data on herbal medicine. Written by Aviva Romm, MD, an experienced herbalist, physician, and midwife, this guide blends a clinician-sensitive and patient-centered approach to women’s health issues. Coverage of menstrual health, fertility, breast conditions, and more makes this an essential resource for everyday practice.
Winner of the 2010 American Botanical Council's James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award!
- Expert author Dr. Aviva Romm combines her experience as an herbalist, physician, and midwife for a fully integrated approach to medical and botanical interventions.
- Convenient organization begins with herbal medicine and then covers health conditions organized chronologically by lifecycle help you understand the relationship between herbal medicine and women’s health.
- Plant profiles include principle uses, clinical indications, and safety information on the 10 most commonly used botanicals for women’s health.
- Detailed illustrations and professional plant photographs enable you to identify herbs visually as well as by substance make-up.
- Specialized focus on women’s health and botanical medicine provides the specific information you need for treating women at any stage of life.
- Content on over 150 botanicals for over 35 different conditions make this a comprehensive resource for current, evidence-based information.
- Appendices on common botanical names, quick dose reference charts, adverse interactions, and botanical medicine resources offer practical information at a glance.
- Over 30 expert contributors with a combination of practical experience as clinicians and teachers provide a unique, clinically based perspective on botanical medicine.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRONT COVER | Cover | ||
| BOTANICAL MEDICINE for WOMEN’S HEALTH | iii | ||
| COPYRIGHT PAGE | iii | ||
| DEDICATION | iv | ||
| CONTRIBUTORS | vi | ||
| FOREWORD | vi | ||
| FOREWORD | viii | ||
| PREFACE | xi | ||
| THE NEED FOR THIS BOOK | xi | ||
| THE STRUCTURE OF BOTANICAL MEDICINE FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH | xi | ||
| CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS | xii | ||
| IN CONCLUSION | xii | ||
| PREFACE REFERENCES | xii | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | xiii | ||
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR | xv | ||
| CONTENTS | xvii | ||
| PART I - Foundations of Botanical Medicine | 1 | ||
| CHAPTER 1 - Botanical Medicines, CAM, and Integrative Medicine: Definitions and Use Prevalence | 1 | ||
| WHAT IS COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE? | 1 | ||
| WHERE DO BOTANICAL MEDICINES FIT INTO CAM? | 1 | ||
| HOW WIDESPREAD IS CAM USE? | 2 | ||
| WHO USES COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE? | 2 | ||
| WHY ARE PATIENTS TURNING TO CAM? | 2 | ||
| HOW OFTEN DO WOMEN SEEK CAM THERAPIES AND WHY? | 4 | ||
| WHAT PATIENTS DON’T TELL THEIR DOCTORS | 5 | ||
| CAM EDUCATION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS | 5 | ||
| TOWARD AN INTEGRATED FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE | 6 | ||
| CHAPTER 2 - History of Herbal Medicines for Women | 8 | ||
| WOMEN, HERBS, AND HEALTH REFORM: A HISTORICAL SUMMARY | 8 | ||
| ANCIENT TO MODERN HERBAL PRESCRIBING | 13 | ||
| CHAPTER 3 - Fundamental Principles of Herbal Medicine | 24 | ||
| THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR BOTANICAL MEDICINE | 24 | ||
| CONSTITUENTS OF MEDICINAL PLANTS | 30 | ||
| THE ACTIONS OF HERBS | 35 | ||
| SELECTION CRITERIA, FORMULATION, AND PRESCRIBING | 53 | ||
| BOTANICAL PREPARATION FORMS | 59 | ||
| SPECIAL PREPARATIONS | 70 | ||
| BOTANICAL MEDICINE DOSING | 72 | ||
| CHAPTER 4 - Guidelines for Herbal Medicine Use | 75 | ||
| BOTANICAL MEDICINE SAFETY: GUIDELINES FOR PRACTITIONERS | 75 | ||
| INTEGRATING BOTANICAL MEDICINES INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND GUIDELINES | 92 | ||
| SELECTING AND IDENTIFYING QUALITY HERBAL PRODUCTS | 94 | ||
| PART II - General Gynecologic and Menstrual Health Concerns | 97 | ||
| CHAPTER 5 - Menstrual Wellness and Menstrual Problems | 97 | ||
| MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND THE NORMAL MENSTRUAL CYCLE | 97 | ||
| PUBERTY, MENARCHE, AND ADOLESCENCE | 105 | ||
| ACNE VULGARIS | 113 | ||
| AMENORRHEA | 122 | ||
| DYSMENORRHEA | 130 | ||
| DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING | 139 | ||
| PREMENSTRUAL SYMPTOMS, PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS), AND PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER (PMDD) | 149 | ||
| PREMENSTRUAL HEADACHE AND MIGRAINE | 164 | ||
| POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME | 175 | ||
| CHAPTER 6 - Endocrine Disorders and Adrenal Support | 186 | ||
| THYROID DISORDERS: HYPOTHYROIDISM AND HYPERTHYROIDISM | 186 | ||
| STRESS, ADAPTATION, THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL-AXIS (HPA) AND WOMEN’S HEALTH | 197 | ||
| CHAPTER 7 - Conditions of the Reproductive Organs | 211 | ||
| UTERINE FIBROIDS | 211 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 212 | ||
| FIBROCYSTIC BREASTS AND BREAST PAIN | 219 | ||
| ENDOMETRIOSIS | 225 | ||
| CERVICAL DYSPLASIA: BOTANICAL AND NATUROPATHIC APPROACHES | 235 | ||
| CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN | 242 | ||
| SYMPTOMS | 243 | ||
| SUMMARY | 253 | ||
| CHAPTER 8 - Vaginal Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 256 | ||
| VULVOVAGINITIS AND COMMON VAGINAL INFECTIONS | 256 | ||
| GENITAL WARTS (CONDYLOMA AND HPV) | 267 | ||
| HERPES | 271 | ||
| HIV INFECTION AND BOTANICAL THERAPIES | 283 | ||
| SUMMARY | 289 | ||
| CHAPTER 9 - Urinary Complaints | 290 | ||
| URINARY TRACT INFECTION | 290 | ||
| INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS | 298 | ||
| CHAPTER 10 - Breast Cancer | 306 | ||
| THE BREASTS AND THE BREAST EXAM | 306 | ||
| PART III - Fertility and the Childbearing Cycle | 321 | ||
| CHAPTER 11 - Pregnancy and Botanical Medicine Use and Safety | 321 | ||
| PREVALENCE OF HERB USE DURING PREGNANCY | 321 | ||
| WHY ARE HERBS BEING USED DURING PREGNANCY? | 322 | ||
| LACK OF TRAINING IN OBSTETRIC BOTANICAL MEDICINE USE | 322 | ||
| HERBS MOST COMMONLY USED DURING PREGNANCY | 323 | ||
| SAFETY, EVIDENCE, AND POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS OF BOTANICAL USE DURING PREGNANCY | 323 | ||
| USING HERBS DURING PREGNANCY | 324 | ||
| CONTRAINDICATED HERBS FOR PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 324 | ||
| A WORD ABOUT PARTUS PREPARATORS | 327 | ||
| CONTRAINDICATED HERB LISTS AND BOTANICAL SAFETY CLASSIFICATIONS | 327 | ||
| FORMS OF ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATE DURING PREGNANCY | 331 | ||
| SUMMARY | 333 | ||
| CHAPTER 12 - Fertility Challenges | 334 | ||
| FEMALE FACTORS AFFECTING FERTILITY | 334 | ||
| MALE FACTORS AFFECTING FERTILITY | 334 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 335 | ||
| CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT APPROACHES | 337 | ||
| THE BOTANICAL PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE | 338 | ||
| DISCUSSION OF BOTANICAL PROTOCOL | 338 | ||
| NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS | 342 | ||
| ADDITIONAL THERAPIES | 343 | ||
| CHAPTER 13 - Pregnancy: First Trimester | 347 | ||
| PREGNANCY CARE AND PRENATAL WELLNESS | 347 | ||
| THE ROLE OF HERBS IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MISCARRIAGE | 348 | ||
| NAUSEA AND VOMITING OF PREGNANCY AND HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM | 353 | ||
| CHAPTER 14 - Pregnancy: Second Trimester | 362 | ||
| HEARTBURN (GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX) IN PREGNANCY | 362 | ||
| IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA | 364 | ||
| PRETERM LABOR AND UTERINE IRRITABILITY | 368 | ||
| CHAPTER 15 - Pregnancy: Third Trimester | 370 | ||
| CONSTIPATION DURING PREGNANCY | 370 | ||
| HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY | 373 | ||
| GROUP B STREP (GBS) INFECTION IN PREGNANCY | 378 | ||
| PRURITIC URTICARIAL PAPULES AND PLAQUES OF PREGNANCY (PUPPP) | 383 | ||
| VARICOSITIES IN PREGNANCY | 387 | ||
| INSOMNIA IN PREGNANCY | 390 | ||
| BREECH PRESENTATION AND VERSION | 394 | ||
| CHAPTER 16 - Labor and Birth | 398 | ||
| FACILITATING LABOR: INDUCTION, AUGMENTATION, AND DYSFUNCTIONAL LABOR | 398 | ||
| PAIN IN LABOR | 410 | ||
| CHAPTER 17 - The Postpartum | 416 | ||
| POSTPARTUM CARE OF THE MOTHER | 416 | ||
| POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION | 418 | ||
| CHAPTER 18 - Breastfeeding and Botanical Medicine | 433 | ||
| BREASTFEEDING AND HERBS: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS AND BREASTFEEDING CONCERNS FOR THE MOTHER-INFANT DYAD | 433 | ||
| COMMON LACTATION CONCERNS: ENGORGEMENT, CRACKED NIPPLES, MASTITIS, AND INSUFFICIENT BREAST MILK | 446 | ||
| PART IV - The Menopausal Years | 455 | ||
| CHAPTER 19 - Menopausal Health | 455 | ||
| PERIMENOPAUSE AND MENOPAUSE: AN OVERVIEW | 455 | ||
| REFRAMING MENOPAUSE: THE WISE WOMAN PERSPECTIVE | 457 | ||
| HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY: RISKS, BENEFITS, ALTERNATIVES | 461 | ||
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| HOT FLASHES AND NIGHT SWEATS | 468 | ||
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| DEPRESSION | 474 | ||
| ANXIETY IN MENOPAUSE | 485 | ||
| INSOMNIA | 489 | ||
| PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN | 495 | ||
| OSTEOPOROSIS, BONE HEALTH, AND MENOPAUSE | 505 | ||
| VAGINAL DRYNESS AND ATROPHY | 512 | ||
| LOW LIBIDO AND SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN THE PERIMENOPAUSAL WOMAN | 516 | ||
| PART V - Plant Profiles | 521 | ||
| TEXTBOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS | 522 | ||
| WEBSITES/DATABASES | 522 | ||
| BLACK COHOSH | 523 | ||
| MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS | 523 | ||
| PRINCIPAL USES | 523 | ||
| TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL USES | 523 | ||
| CLINICAL INDICATIONS | 523 | ||
| IN VITRO, ANIMAL, AND CLINICAL DATA | 524 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF ACTION | 524 | ||
| RATINGS | 525 | ||
| PREPARATIONS USED CLINICALLY | 525 | ||
| DOSAGE | 525 | ||
| SAFETY INFORMATION: HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS, TOXICITY, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 525 | ||
| USE AND SAFETY IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 526 | ||
| BlUE COHOSH | 528 | ||
| MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS | 528 | ||
| PRINCIPAL USES | 528 | ||
| TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL USES | 528 | ||
| CLINICAL INDICATIONS | 528 | ||
| IN VITRO, ANIMAL, AND CLINICAL DATA | 528 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF ACTION | 529 | ||
| RATINGS | 529 | ||
| PREPARATIONS USED CLINICALLY | 529 | ||
| DOSAGE | 529 | ||
| USE IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 529 | ||
| SAFETY INFORMATION: HERB DRUG INTERACTIONS, TOXICITY, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 530 | ||
| References | 530 | ||
| CHASTE TREE | 531 | ||
| MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS | 531 | ||
| PRINCIPAL USES | 531 | ||
| TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL USES | 531 | ||
| CLINICAL INDICATIONS | 531 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF ACTION | 531 | ||
| IN VITRO, ANIMAL, AND CLINICAL DATA | 531 | ||
| RATINGS | 532 | ||
| PREPARATIONS USED CLINICALLY | 532 | ||
| DOSAGE | 532 | ||
| SAFETY INFORMATION: HERB DRUG INTERACTIONS, TOXICITY, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 532 | ||
| USE IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 532 | ||
| DONG QUAI | 534 | ||
| MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS | 534 | ||
| PRINCIPAL GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC USES | 534 | ||
| TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL USES | 534 | ||
| CLINICAL INDICATIONS | 534 | ||
| IN VITRO, ANIMAL, AND CLINICAL DATA | 534 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF ACTION | 535 | ||
| RATINGS | 535 | ||
| PREPARATIONS USED CLINICALLY | 535 | ||
| DOSAGE | 535 | ||
| SAFETY INFORMATION: HERB DRUG INTERACTIONS, TOXICITY, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 535 | ||
| USE IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 535 | ||
| GINGER | 536 | ||
| MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS | 536 | ||
| PRINCIPAL USES | 536 | ||
| TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL USES | 536 | ||
| CLINICAL INDICATIONS | 536 | ||
| IN VITRO, ANIMAL, AND CLINICAL DATA | 536 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF ACTION | 536 | ||
| RATINGS | 537 | ||
| PREPARATIONS USED CLINICALLY | 537 | ||
| DOSAGE | 537 | ||
| SAFETY INFORMATION: HERB DRUG INTERACTIONS, TOXICITY, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 537 | ||
| USE IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 538 | ||
| KAVA KAVA | 539 | ||
| MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS | 539 | ||
| PRINCIPAL GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC USES | 539 | ||
| ADDITIONAL USES | 539 | ||
| TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL USES | 539 | ||
| CLINICAL INDICATIONS | 540 | ||
| IN VITRO, ANIMAL, AND CLINICAL DATA | 540 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF ACTION | 540 | ||
| RATINGS | 540 | ||
| PREPARATIONS USED CLINICALLY | 540 | ||
| DOSAGE | 540 | ||
| SAFETY INFORMATION: HERB DRUG INTERACTIONS, TOXICITY, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 541 | ||
| USE IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 541 | ||
| RED CLOVER | 542 | ||
| MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS | 542 | ||
| PRINCIPAL USES | 542 | ||
| TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL USES | 542 | ||
| CLINICAL INDICATIONS | 542 | ||
| IN VITRO, ANIMAL, AND CLINICAL DATA | 542 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF ACTION | 542 | ||
| RATINGS | 542 | ||
| PREPARATIONS USED CLINICALLY | 542 | ||
| DOSAGE | 542 | ||
| SAFETY INFORMATION: HERB DRUG INTERACTIONS, TOXICITY, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 542 | ||
| USE IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 543 | ||
| ST. JOHN’S WORT | 544 | ||
| MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS | 544 | ||
| PRINCIPAL USES | 544 | ||
| TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL USES | 544 | ||
| CLINICAL INDICATIONS | 544 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF ACTION | 544 | ||
| RATINGS | 545 | ||
| PREPARATIONS USED CLINICALLY | 545 | ||
| DOSAGE | 545 | ||
| SAFETY INFORMATION: HERB DRUG INTERACTIONS, TOXICITY, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 545 | ||
| WARNING | 546 | ||
| USE IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 546 | ||
| UVA URSI | 547 | ||
| MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS | 547 | ||
| PRINCIPAL USES | 547 | ||
| TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL USES | 547 | ||
| IN VITRO, ANIMAL, AND CLINICAL DATA | 547 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF ACTION | 547 | ||
| RATINGS | 547 | ||
| PREPARATIONS USED CLINICALLY | 548 | ||
| DOSAGE | 548 | ||
| USE IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 548 | ||
| SAFETY INFORMATION: SIDE EFFECTS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, TOXICITY, AND HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS | 548 | ||
| WILD YAM | 550 | ||
| MAJOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS | 550 | ||
| PRINCIPAL USES | 550 | ||
| TRADITIONAL AND HISTORICAL USES | 550 | ||
| CLINICAL INDICATIONS | 550 | ||
| IN VITRO, ANIMAL, AND CLINICAL DATA | 550 | ||
| MECHANISMS OF ACTION | 551 | ||
| RATINGS | 551 | ||
| PREPARATIONS USED CLINICALLY | 551 | ||
| DOSAGE | 551 | ||
| SAFETY INFORMATION: HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS, TOXICITY, AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 551 | ||
| USE IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION | 552 | ||
| SUMMARY | 552 | ||
| PLANT PROFILES: SUMMARY TABLE OF HERBS FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH | 553 | ||
| KEY | 553 | ||
| APPENDIX I - Common and Botanical Medicine Names Quick Reference Dose Chart | 612 | ||
| References | 615 | ||
| REFERENCE | 616 | ||
| CHAPTER 1 | 616 | ||
| CHAPTER 2 | 616 | ||
| CHAPTER 3 | 617 | ||
| CHAPTER 4 | 617 | ||
| CHAPTER 5 | 618 | ||
| CHAPTER 6 | 626 | ||
| CHAPTER 7 | 629 | ||
| CHAPTER 8 | 633 | ||
| CHAPTER 9 | 636 | ||
| CHAPTER 10 | 638 | ||
| CHAPTER 11 | 639 | ||
| CHAPTER 12 | 640 | ||
| CHAPTER 13 | 640 | ||
| CHAPTER 14 | 643 | ||
| CHAPTER 15 | 644 | ||
| CHAPTER 16 | 647 | ||
| CHAPTER 17 | 648 | ||
| CHAPTER 18 | 650 | ||
| CHAPTER 19 | 652 | ||
| Plant Profiles | 664 | ||
| Index | 665 |