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The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. Edited by Mark Blumenthal. Austin, Tex American Botanical Council; 1998. 684pp, $189.
The Complete German Commission E Monographs, published by the American Botanical Council and edited by Mark Blumenthal and colleagues, is the only complete translation into En&h of all of the 380 monographs on medicinal herbs. Without a doubt, it is one of the most useful therapeutic guides to herbal medicines available, representing some of the most accurate information one will find concerning the safety and efficacy of herbal medicine products.
The use of medicinal herbs forms the basis of many of our most valuable pharmaceutical tools, and their widespread use makes reference books such as this one indispensable. In much of Europe, where...