Concise handbook of psychoactive herbs; medicinal herbs for treating psychological and neurological problems.RM315 2004-006233 0-7890-1857-8 Concise handbook of psychoactive psychoactive /psy·cho·ac·tive/ (-ak´tiv) psychotropic. psy·cho·ac·tive adj. Affecting the mind or mental processes. Used of a drug. herbs; medicinal herbs for treating psychological and neurological problems. Spinella, Marcello. Haworth Pr., [c]2005 288 p. $39.95 If you have Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, degenerative brain disorder first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson in 1817. When there is no known cause, the disease usually appears after age 40 and is referred to as Parkinson's disease. , can you overdose on l-dopa if you eat fava beans? Can taking aspirin regularly reduce your risk for Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. ? Spinella offers information at a layman's level on the uses and effects of various herbal medicines, including herbs said to have stimulant stimulant, any substance that causes an increase in activity in various parts of the nervous system or directly increases muscle activity. Cerebral, or psychic, stimulants act on the central nervous system and provide a temporary sense of alertness and well-being as , cognition enhancement, sedative sedative, any of a variety of drugs that relieve anxiety. Most sedatives act as mild depressants of the nervous system, lessening general nervous activity or reducing the irritability or activity of a specific organ. and anti-anxiety properties. He also describes herbs said to treat mental illness and pain, and covers herbal hallucinogens, cannabis, and the differences among use, abuse and addiction. He describes how the herbs seem to affect the workings of the brain and nervous system, as well as other structures of the body, gives information about the relationship between dosage and effects, and analyzes some of the more common urban legends. Spinella also provides a glossary and a large bibliography. |
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