TY - BOOK AU - Liu,Yanze AU - Zhimin,Wang AU - Zhang,Junzeng TI - Dietary Chinese herbs: chemistry, pharmacology and clinical evidence SN - 9783211994474 (hb) AV - RM666.H33 D54 2015 U1 - 615.3210951 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Wien, New York PB - Springer KW - Herbs KW - Therapeutic use KW - China KW - Materia medica N1 - pharmacy bookfair2016; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Root, rhizome, tuber, and bulb materials -- Fruit or seed materials -- Aerial part, stem, stem bark, or leaf materials -- Flower or flower bud materials -- Multiple-part materials -- Fungi, marine algae, and other materials N2 - This work presents up-to-date information on chemical, pharmacological, clinical studies and historical uses of common dietary Chinese herbs. A brief chronological review of Chinese literatures on dietary herb uses, with chapters dedicated to each selected dietary herb, and with plant Latin name indices is provided. Examined are the health benefits that have been studied for centuries. A wide range of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbs are investigated for their suitability into daily diets for maintaining general wellness or disease prevention. In the past decade, natural health products, dietary supplements, functional foods, or nutraceuticals have emerged in the West due to the increasing demand for non-pharmaceutical healthcare products. Traditional Chinese Medicine disease prevention and treatment incorporates the use of foods, and herbal medicine in an integrated manner, and thus the dietary Chinese herbs in used in TCM for thousands of years could be sources for developing new, effective, and safe ingredients to capture the rapidly expanding opportunity in the global market place UR - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/1839 ER -