An evidence-based systematic review of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration

An evidence-based systematic review including written and statistical analysis of scientific literature, expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.

Psychoanalytic reflections through the prism of September 11, 2001

An important area for psychoanalytic study is the significance for intrapsychic life of important events taking place in the community of which analyst and analysand are a part. September 11, 2001 provides a vantage point for examination of questions that arise from looking at the interrelationship between current environment and intrapsychic life. Two cases are presented as a focus for discussing the interaction of the memorialized past and occurrences in present reality, the significance for an analysis of analyst and patient sharing the same experience, instigations to progress that a current event may provide and the ways in which communal experience influences intrapsychic life. As a part of the discussion, we ask as well in what ways a common experience may be shared, and the significance of radically different meanings that the same event may have for analyst and analysand. We also pose the question whether the differences and similarities, each in their own way, may serve as progressive forces in the analysis.

An evidence-based systematic review of Aloe vera by the natural standard research collaboration

An evidence-based systematic review including written and statistical analysis of scientific literature, expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.

Chaparral monograph:a clinical decision support tool

An evidence-based systematic review including scientific evidence, expert opinion, folkloric precedent, history, pharmacology, kinetics/ dynamics, interactions, adverse effects, toxicology, and dosing.

Red clover (Trifolium pratense) monograph: a clinical decision support tool

Red clover, a legume resembling soy is used by man as a phytoestrogen. Other uses include asthma, pertussis, cancer and gout. The authors systematically review this herb in terms of pharmacology, efficacy, safety, side effects, standardization, dosing, toxicology as well as other parameters.

St John's wort: a systematic review of adverse effects and drug interactions for the consultation psychiatrist

St. John's wort is an herb commonly used in Europe for decades and more recently the topic of scientific investigation in this country. St. John's wort has been found more effective than placebo and equally as effective as tricyclic antidepressants in the short-term management of mild-to-moderate depression. Comparisons to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have provided equivocal data. While it is generally well tolerated in clinical use, there is accumulating evidence of significant interactions with drugs. This evidence-based presentation of the literature includes a brief description of pharmacodynamics and clinical applications, followed by a systematic review of adverse effects, toxicity, and drug interactions.

Kava monograph: a clinical decision support tool

The proposed uses, dosing parameters, adverse effects, toxicology, interactions and mechanism of action of kava is systematically reviewed in monograph format.