Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs

Medicinal Herbs for Treating Psychological and Neurological Problems

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Alternative & Holistic Health, Herbal Medications, Medical, Alternative & Holistic Medicine, Alternative Medicine
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Author: Marcello Spinella ISBN: 9781135422455
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: October 31, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Marcello Spinella
ISBN: 9781135422455
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: October 31, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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 system-both 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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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:

With the Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs, you’ll examine the effects of psychoactive drugs on the nervous system-both 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:

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