More than 50% of Canadians use natural health products such as vitamins, homeopathic
remedies, traditional therapies and herbal medicines. Some herbal products have been well …

Of the different modalities within the field of complementary and alternative medicine, the
area of herbal medicine has received the greatest increase in scientific scrutiny. As recently …

Canada is experiencing a growing interest in the use of alternative therapies and products
particularly natural health products (NHP). In 1997, Canadians spent around C $2 billion on …

OBJECTIVE: To examine existing evidence and inform family physicians about issues
concerning herbal product use in Canada. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE: The Canadian Food …

The first section covers discussion on complementary medicine in general, and herbal
medicine, clinical nutrition, aromatherapy and food as medicine in particular. This is followed …

Introduction: Similar to other nations North American people used herbs for thousands of
years to treat diseases and purify their spirits. By the middle of the 1900s, evidence-based …

Consolidating unbiased, peer-reviewed information from many sources, this book provides a
one-stop resource on the use and health benefits of 50 different herbs. While the use of …

The purpose of this chapter is to evaluate the current scientific literature on the benefits of
naturopathy and Western herbal medicine (WHM). Such an evaluation is important as it …

Many consumers believe that natural health products are effective therapies and are safer
than prescription drugs. This is oddly illogical reasoning. Although both appear to carry a …