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Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health is being published at an interesting time and speaks simultaneously to a number of converging constituencies. It is a time of growing stress on both the medical system and the patient. Medical care is in crisis with large numbers of underinsured or uninsured patients needing care. Costs are rising from the practice of increasingly technical medicine while patients complain of the decreasing time and attention they are receiving from their medical providers. Further, the burden of chronic disease is growing in an aging population. In one response to these stressors, patient interest is forcing inclusion of alternative medicines and philosophies into mainstream practice. However, in the case of. | BOTANICAL Medicine for Women s Health Aviva Romm AHVBQULL CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE ELSEVIER 11830 Westline Industrial Drive. St. Louis Missouri 63146 BOTANICAL MEDICINE FOR WOMEN S HEALTH ISBN 978-0-443-07277-2 Copyright 2010 by Churchill Livingstone an imprint of Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier s Rights Department phone 1 215 239 3804 US or 44 1865 843830 UK fax 44 1865 853333 e-mail healthpermissions@. You may also complete your request on-line via the Elsevier website at http permissions. Notice Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our knowledge changes in practice treatment and drug therapy may become necessary or appropriate. Readers are advised to check the most current information provided i on procedures featured or ii by the manufacturer of each product to be administered to verify the recommended dose or formula the method and duration of administration and contraindications. It is the responsibility of the practitioner relying on his or her own experience and knowledge of the patient to make diagnoses to determine dosages and the best treatment for each individual patient and to take all appropriate safety precautions. To the fullest extent of the law neither the Publisher nor the Author assumes any liability for any injury and or damage to persons or property arising out of or related to any use of the material contained in this book. The Publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Romm Aviva Jill. Botanical medicine for women s health Aviva Romm forewords by Mary L. Hardy Simon Mills. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN .