Description
A handbook of scientific information on widely used plant drugs
ISBN 9780903032162
NOW IN SOFT COVER
Published in 1992
As can be seen from the list below, Volume 1 of the Compendium covers a different range of plant drugs to those featured in Volume 2.
Each volume is complete in itself, but taken together Volumes 1 and 2 cover almost all the plant drugs for which specifications appear in the BHP 1996.
Produced by the BHMA Scientific Committee and edited by Peter Bradley, the Volume 1 monographs offer authoritative summaries of Constituents (with phytochemical structure diagrams) and Therapeutics, copiously referenced to worldwide scientific literature, together with a section on Regulatory Status and excerpts from French guidelines and German Commission E monographs. The format is broadly similar to that of Volume 2 (of which a sample monograph can be downloaded from this site). However, since less herbal research had been published back in 1992, Volume 1 monographs are generally shorter in length and have less detail on Pharmacology, Clinical Studies and Safety than those found in Volume 2; they reflect the level of data available at that time.
Monographs in the BRITISH HERBAL COMPENDIUM Volume 1
- Aloes Barbados Aloe barbadensis, concentrated and dried juice from leaves
- Aloes Cape Aloe ferox, concentrated and dried juice from leaves
- Asafoetida Ferula species, oleo-gum resin from rhizomes and roots
- Balm of Gilead Bud Populus species, winter leaf buds and flower buds
- Belladonna Herb Atropa belladonna, leaves and/or flowering tops
- Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa, rhizomes and roots
- Bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus, entire thalli
- Blue Flag Iris versicolor / caroliniana, rhizomes
- Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, leaves
- Buchu Barosma betulina, leaves
- Burdock Leaf Arctium lappa / minus, leaves
- Burdock Root Arctium lappa / minus, roots
- Calumba Root Jateorhiza palmata, roots
- Cascara Bark Rhamnus purshianus, bark
- Catechu Uncaria gambier, dry aq. extract from leaves and young shoots
- Celery Seed Apium graveolens, ripe fruits
- Cinchona Bark Cinchona pubescens, bark
- Clivers Galium aparine, flowering and fruiting aerial parts
- Cocillana Guarea rusbyi, bark
- Cola Cola nitida / acuminata, cotyledons
- Comfrey Root Symphytum officinale, rhizomes and roots
- Corn Silk Zea mays, styles and stigmas
- Damiana Turnera diffusa var. aphrodisiaca, eaves and stems
- Dandelion Leaf Taraxacum officinale, leaves
- Dandelion Root Taraxacum officinale, roots and rhizomes
- Devil’s Claw Harpagophytum procumbens, secondary tubers
- Echinacea Root Echinacea angustifolia, rhizomes and roots
- Elder Flower Sambucu nigra flowers
- Elecampane Inula helenium, roots and rhizomes
- Eleutherococcus Eleutherococcus senticosus, roots and rhizomes
- Equisetum Equisetum arvense, sterile stems
- Euonymus Bark Euonymus atropurpureus, root-bark
- Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium, flowering aerial parts (or leaves)
- Frangula Bark Rhamnus frangula, bark of stems and branches
- Fumitory Fumaria officinalis, flowering aerial parts
- Garlic Allium sativum, fresh or dried compound bulbs
- Gentian Gentiana lutea, underground organs
- Ginger Zingiber officinale, rhizomes
- Ginseng Panax ginseng, roots
- Golden Seal Root Hydrastis canadensis, rhizomes and roots
- Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea, aerial parts
- Guaiacum Resin Guaiacum officinale, resin from heartwood
- Helonias Chamaelirium luteum, rhizomes and roots
- Holy Thistle Cnicus benedictus, flowering aerial parts
- Hops Humulus lupulus, strobiles
- Hyoscyamus Leaf Hyoscyamus niger, leaves and/or flowering tops
- Ipecacuanha Cephaelis ipecacuanha / acuminata, underground organs
- Ispaghula Husk Plantago ovata, epidermis from ripe seeds
- Jamaica Dogwood Piscidia piscipula, root-bark
- Lime Tree Flower Tilia platyphyllos / cordata, inflorescences
- Liquorice Root Glycyrrhiza glabra, unpeeled roots and stolons
- Lobelia Lobelia inflata, aerial parts
- Marshmallow Root Althaea officinalis, peeled roots
- Matricaria Flower Chamomilla recutita, flower-heads
- Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, flowering aerial parts
- Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca, flowering aerial parts
- Myrrh Commiphora species, oleo-gum resin from stems
- Nettle Herb Urtica dioica, flowering aerial parts (or leaves)
- Parsley Herb Petroselinum crispum, aerial parts
- Passiflora Passiflora incarnata, flowering aerial parts
- Peppermint Leaf Mentha piperita, leaves
- Prickly Ash Bark Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, bark
- Pulsatilla Pulsatilla vulgaris / pratensis, flowering aerial parts
- Quassia Picrasma excelsa, stem-wood
- Red Clover Flower Trifolium pratense, flower-heads
- Rhatany Root Krameria triandra, roots
- Rhubarb Rheum palmatum / officinale, underground parts
- Roman Chamonile Flower Chamaemelum nobile, flower-heads
- Sarsaparilla Smilax species, roots and rhizomes
- Senega Polygala species, root and root crown
- Senna Fruit Alexandrian Cassia senna, fruits
- Senna Fruit Tinnevelly Cassia angustifolia, fruits
- Senna Leaf Cassia senna / angustifolia, leaflets
- Slippery Elm Bark Ulmus rubra, inner bark
- Squill Drimia maritima, bulb divested of outer coats
- Squill Indian Drimia indica, bulb divested of outer coats
- Stramonium Leaf Datura stramonium, leaf and/or flowering tops
- Uva Ursi (Bearberry Leaf) Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, leaves
- Valerian Root Valeriana officinalis, subterranean organs
- White Horehound Marrubium vulgare, leaves and flowering tops
- Wild Carrot Daucus carota subsp. carota, flowering aerial parts
- Wild Lettuce Lactuca virosa, leaves
- Willow Bark Salix species, bark
- Yarrow Achillea millefolium, flowering aerial parts
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