HerbalEGram: Volume 8, Number 2, February 2011

February Featured Book Excerpt

Herbal Contraindications and Drug Interactions, plus Herbal Adjuncts with Medicines was written by Francis Brinker, ND, and published in 2010 by Eclectic Medical Publications. Softcover; 598 pages. $68.70.

The new edition of Herbal Contraindications is a descriptive and comprehensive compilation that features supplementary appendices and extensive information on common health conditions, medications, and nutritional supplements. With over 2,000 sources under its belt, Herbal Contraindications organizes massive amounts of theoretical data on the safe use of plant medicinals into an accessible guide that keeps readers up to speed and takes the topic of herb-drug interactions to a new level. For practitioners, researchers, and patients who are in search of a consolidated medical model that safely integrates both Western medicine and herbal products, Dr. Brinker proposes potential solutions in this volume. Herbal Contraindications’ first appendix discusses herbals to be used with caution (for various reasons), and ends with a new appendix that discusses potentially beneficial combinations of herbals with drugs. For example, the first, third, fourth, and sixth sections of Appendix E provide specific listings of various complementary herb-drug pairings, such as cayenne fruit and aspirin or NSAIDs.

An excerpt from Herbal Contraindications and Drug Interactions is available and features the book’s title page, table of contents, preface, and Appendices E1 and E3. The book can be purchased through ABC's online store.