A comprehensive introduction to herbal medicine and nutritional supplements draws on the latest medical research to provide an alphabetical guide to the one hundred most commonly used medicinal herbs and supplements, explains what each remedy does and how it works, and furnishes information on potential interactions between herbal remedies and medications. Original. 17,500 first printing.
Robert DiPaola, M.D., is a general internist and oncologist who has a special interest in herbal medicine. He has done both clinical and lab research using herbs, including a study on prostate cancer patients that was published in
The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. DiPaola has received a clinical oncology fellowship award from The American Cancer Society, and was included in The Best Doctors in America in 1998. He is currently an assistant professor at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School).
Timothy Gower writes a monthly column for
The Los Angeles Times, and is a contributing editor for Health magazine. He lives in Harwich, MA.
Robert DiPaola, M.D., is a general internist and oncologist who has a special interest in herbal medicine. He has done both clinical and lab research using herbs, including a study on prostate cancer patients that was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. DiPaola has received a clinical oncology fellowship award from The American Cancer Society, and was included in The Best Doctors in America in 1998. He is currently an assistant professor at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School).
Timothy Gower writes a monthly column for The Los Angeles Times, and is a contributing editor for Health magazine. He lives in Harwich, MA.