Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs
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Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs

Medicinal Herbs for Treating Psychological and Neurological Problems

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Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs

Medicinal Herbs for Treating Psychological and Neurological Problems

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About This Book

Find out how plant-derived drugs react with your brain to produce either healing or harmful results!The Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs will give you a better understanding of herbal products that have psychological effects. The book explores how they work, how effective they are, and what is known about their safety. Geared towards non-specialist professionals and curious individuals, this guide shows how herbal preparations can affect the brain, mental state, and behavior of a user and includes treatment methods, tables, illustrations, a glossary, and a bibliography.The Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs contains chapters on several types of psychoactive herbs, including:

  • stimulants
  • cognition-enhancers
  • sedatives
  • painkillers
  • hallucinogens

With the Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs, you'll examine the effects of psychoactive drugs on the nervous systemboth positive and negative. Each chapter discusses a type of herbal medicine, its action on the brain and other systems of the body, side effects, and the potential for addiction. The book closely examines possible drug interactions with prescription medications and emphasizes the caution you need to take when using herbal health products.In the Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs you will learn about the psychoactive actions of such medicinal plants as:

  • coffee
  • tobacco
  • cannabis
  • ginseng
  • chamomile
  • cocoa
  • opium poppy
  • peyote
  • gingko biloba

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
9781135422455
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Chapter 1. Introduction
  7. Chapter 2. How the Brain Works
  8. Chapter 3. How Drugs Work
  9. Chapter 4. Stimulant Herbs
  10. Chapter 5. Cognition-Enhancing Herbs
  11. Chapter 6. Sedative and Anti-Anxiety Herbs
  12. Chapter 7. Herbs for Mental Illnesses
  13. Chapter 8. Herbal Painkillers
  14. Chapter 9. Herbal Hallucinogens
  15. Chapter 10. Cannabis
  16. Chapter 11. Use, Abuse, and Addiction
  17. Glossary
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index