"Herb brief" on the traditional use of Shankpushi for easing of anxiety, depression, mood disorders. Very brief, but introduces a new herb for possible use in psychiatric health care.
Gale Encyclopedia, Erika Lenz. Decent article with sufficient depth to understand how andrographis is used in TCM. It's becoming a popular "cold & flu" remedy in the U.S. these days (2005).
Written by the renowned Kerry Bone, owner of MediHerb, author of several authoratative botanical medicine texts. Focus of article is specifically on contemporary use in immune-related colds, influenza, flu, virus, and cough. Presents the merits of andro
Brief article introducing traditional use of andrographis, and highlighting its mechanisms of action.
Although andrographis is popular for fighting the common cold (which this article focuses on), it's also effective against other infections--and seems to interfere with cancer cell spread & growth.
Brief overview, with examples, of the psychopharmacology of psychoactive botanicals, and how it might be determined that they "work." Marcello Spinella published THE PHARMACOLOGY OF PSYCHOACTIVE HERBS, MIT PRESS, 2001.
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