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With a unique combination of traditional and modern scientific data on herbal medicine, this comprehensive guide has the coverage you need to treat women’s health conditions with botanical medicine. Written by an experienced midwife, clinical herbalist, and MD candidate, Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health blends a clinician-sensitive and patient-centered approach to women’s health issues. Coverage of menstrual health, fertility, breast conditions, and much more makes this an essential resource for everyday practice.

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Expert author Aviva Romm combines her experience as a midwife, herbalist, and physician (MD expected April, 2009) 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.

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Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy : Modern Herbal Medicine
Women's Health in Complementary and Integrative Medicine : A Clinical Guide

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By Aviva Romm, CPM, RH(AHG), President, American Herbalists Guild; Executive Editor, Journal of the American Herbalists Guild, Canton, GA, USA

Part One: Foundations of Botanical Medicine

1. Botanical Medicines, CAM, and Integrative Medicine: Definitions and Use Prevalence

2. History of Herbal Medicines for Women

3. Fundamental Principles of Herbal Medicine

4. Guidelines for Herbal Medicine Use

5. Diet, Nutrition, and Women’s Health

6. Real Anatomy: Reproductive Anatomy and Endocrinology Primer


Part Two: General Gynecologic and Menstrual Health Concerns

7. Menstrual Wellness and Menstrual Problems

8. Endocrine Disorders and Adrenal Support

9. Conditions of the Reproductive Organs

10. Vaginal Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

11. Urinary Complaints

12. Breast Cancer


Part Three: Fertility and the Childbearing Cycle

13. Pregnancy and Botanical Medicine Use and Safety

14. Fertility Challenges

15. Pregnancy: First Trimester

16. Pregnancy: Second Trimester

17. Pregnancy: Third Trimester

18. Labor and Birth

19. The Post Partum

20. Breastfeeding and Botanical Medicine


Part Four: The Menopausal Years

21. Menopausal Health


Part Five: Plant Profiles

Black cohosh

Blue cohosh

Chaste tree

Dong quai

Ginger

Kava kava

Red clover

St. John’s wort

Uva ursil

Wild yam


Appendixes

Appendix 1: Common Names and Botanical Name Quick Reference Chart

Appendix 2: Botanical Medicine for Women Quick Dose Reference Chart

Appendix 3: Adverse Herb-Drug Interactions

Appendix 4: Botanical Medicine Information Resources