Dietary supplements and multiple sclerosis : a health professional's guide / / Allen C. Bowling, Thomas M. Stewart

• Autore: Bowling Allen C
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Demos, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (122 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.2
• Soggetto topico: Multiple sclerosis - Alternative treatment; Dietary supplements
• Altri autori: StewartThomas M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Dietary Supplements; 5-HTP; ALFALFA; ALOE (oral use); ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ASCORBIC ACID; ASHWAGANDHA; ASIAN GINSENG; ASTRAGALUS; BARBERRY; BAYBERRY; BEARBERRY; BEE POLLEN; BELLADONNA; BETA-CAROTENE; BISSY NUT; BLACK COHOSH; BLACK CURRANT SEED OIL; BLUE-GREEN ALGAE; BONESET; BORAGE SEED OIL; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CALENDULA; CALIFORNIA POPPY; CAPSICUM; CASCARA; CATNIP; CAT'S CLAW; CELANDINE; CELERY; CHAMOMILE; CHAPARRAL; COD LIVER OIL; COENZYME Q10; COFFEE; COLA NUT; COMFREY; COUCH GRASS; CRANBERRY; CREATINE ; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONEDHA; DHEA; DOCOSAHEXANOIC ACID (DHA); DONG QUAI; ECHINACEA; EICOSAPENTANOIC ACID (EPA); EPA; ELECAMPANE; EPHEDRA; EVENING PRIMROSE OIL; FENUGREEK; FISH OIL; FLAXSEED OIL; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID (GLA); GARLIC; GERMANIUM; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GLA; GOLDENSEAL; GOTU KOLA; GRAPESEED EXTRACT; GREEN TEA; GUARANA; HENBANE; HOPS; INOSINE; JAMAICAN DOGWOOD; JIMSON WEED; KAVA KAVA; LEMON BALM; LICORICE; LOBELIA; MA HUANG; MAGNESIUM; MAITAKE MUSHROOM; MANDRAKE; MARIJUANA; MATE; MEADOWSWEET; MELATONIN; MILK THISTLE; MISTLETOE, AMERICAN; MISTLETOE, EUROPEAN; NIACIN ; NONI JUICEOLIGOMERIC PROANTHOCYANIDINS; OPC; PADMA 28; PASSIONFLOWER; PHEASANT'S EYE; PINE BARK EXTRACT; POPLAR; PROPOLIS; PSYLLIUM; PYCNOGENOL; PYRIDOXINE; REISHI MUSHROOM; RIBOFLAVIN; ROYAL JELLY; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SAFFLOWER SEED OIL; SAGE; ST. JOHN'S WORT; SAMe; SASSAFRAS; SAW PALMETTO; SCOPOLIA; SCULLCAP; SELENIUM; SENEGA; SENNA; SHEPHERD'S PURSE; SHIITAKE MUSHROOM; SIBERIAN GINSENG; SPIRULINA; STINGING NETTLE; SUNFLOWER SEED OIL; THIAMINE; THREONINE; THUNDER GOD VINE; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII; UVA URSI; VALERIAN; VITAMIN A/BETA-CAROTENE; VITAMIN B1/THIAMINE; VITAMIN B2/RIBOFLAVIN ; VITAMIN B3/NIACINVITAMIN B6/PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B12; VITAMIN C; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN K; WILD CARROT; WILD LETTUCE; WILLOW; WINTERGREEN OIL; WOODY NIGHT SHADE; YERBA MANSA; YOHIMBE; YOHIMBINE; ZINC; Appendix 1: Fatty Acids and MS; Appendix 2: Vitamins and Minerals: Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs), Adequate Intakes (AIs), and Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs); Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There is a relatively high use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), especially dietary supplements, among people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Health professionals with CAM information can improve the quality of patient care by guiding patients away from possibly harmful therapies and, if appropriate, towards low-risk, possibly effective therapies. Dietary Supplements and Multiple Sclerosis is meant to be referred to when people with MS ask a question about a particular dietary supplement. Supplements are arranged in alphabetical order under the most commonly used name. In addition
• Titolo autorizzato: Dietary supplements and multiple sclerosis
• ISBN: 1-281-97477-3; 9786611974770; 1-934559-10-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806247303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II