FWD 2 American Botanical Council: The ABC Clinical Guide to Herbs

General References

Development of the information in this book was initially based on the following authoritative general references. Additional references were drawn from toxicological and pharmacological studies and clinical trials obtained from HerbClip™ and the resource library of the American Botanical Council, Medline, Napralert and other databases. While by no means exhaustive, the list of references below constitutes a comprehensive array of many of the most authoritative texts in the current herbal medicine literature.


Arzneimittel—Kompendium der Schweiz. Basel, Switzerland: Documed AG; 2001.
Blumenthal M, Busse WR, Goldberg A, Gruenwald J, Hall T, Riggins CW, Rister RS, editors. Klein S, Rister RS, translators. The Complete German Commission E Monographs—Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. Austin (TX): American Botanical Council; Boston: Integrative Medicine Communication; 1998.
Blumenthal M, Goldberg A, Brinckmann J, editors. Herbal Medicine: Expanded Commission E Monographs. Newton (MA): Integrative Medicine Communications; 2000.
Bradley PR, editor. British Herbal Compendium, vol. 1. Dorset, England: British Herbal Medicine Association; 1992.
Bratman S, Kroll D. Clinical Evaluation of Medicinal Herbs and Other Therapeutic Natural Products. Roseville (CA): Prima Health; 1999.
Brinker F. Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions. 3rd ed. Sandy (OR): Eclectic Medical Publications; 2001.
British Herbal Pharmacopoeia. Exeter, U.K.: British Herbal Medicine Association; 1996.
Bruneton J. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd ed. Paris: Lavoisier Publishing; 1999.
DeSmet P, Keller K, Hänsel R, Chandler RF, editors. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs, vol. 1. Berlin: Springs-Verlag; 1992.
DeSmet P, Keller K, Hänsel R, Chandler RF, editors. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs, vol. 2. Berlin: Springs-Verlag; 1993.
Deutsches Arzneibuch. Stuttgart, Germany: Deutscher Apotheker Verlag; 1999.
European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy. Monographs on the Medicinal Uses of Plant Drugs. Exeter, U.K.: ESCOP; various years.
European Pharmacopoeia (3rd edition 1997, Supplement 2001). Strasbourg, France: Council of Europe; 2001.
Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1996.
McGuffin M, Hobbs C, Upton R, Goldberg A, editors. American Herbal Products Association’s Botanical Safety Handbook. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press; 1997.
Newall C, Anderson L, Phillipson J. Herbal Medicines, A Guide for Health-Care Professionals. London, U.K.: The Pharmaceutical Press; 1996.
Pizzorno JE, Murray MT, editors. Textbook of Natural Medicine. Vol. 1, 2nd ed. New York; Churchill Livingston; 1999.
Robbers JE, Tyler VE. Tyler’s Herbs of Choice: The Therapeutic Use of Phytomedicinals. New York: Haworth Herbal Press; 1999.
Rotblatt M, Ziment I. Evidence-Based Herbal Medicine. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus; 2001.
Schultz V, Hänsel R, Tyler V. Rational Phytotherapy: A Physicians’ Guide to Herbal Medicine. 4th ed. New York: Springer-Verlag; 2001.
United States Pharmacopeia, 25th revision; National Formulary, 20th ed. Rockville (MD): United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.; 2002.
Upton R, editor. American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and Therapeutic Compendium. Santa Cruz (CA):AHP; various monographs.
Wagner, H, editor. Immunomodulatory Agents from Plants. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag; 1999.
World Health Organization. WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants, vol. 1. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1999.