(The Haworth Herbal Press, The Haworth Reference Press) Examines psychoactive herbs that affect the mind, mood, and nervous system. Investigates the affects of coffee, tobacco, ginkgo, cannabis, and more. Includes treatment methods, tables, illustrations, and glossary. For nonspecialist professionals. DNLM: Psychotropic Drugs - pharmacology - Handbooks.

Chapter 1. Introduction

1

(14)

Plants As Medicines

1

(3)

The Use of Herbal Medicines

4

(5)

Why Do Plants Make Drugs?

9

(1)

How Humans Came to Use Herbal Medicines

9

(1)

The Science of Herbal Medicines

10

(3)

Summary

13

(2)

Chapter 2. How the Brain Works

15

(14)

Mind, Brain, and Behavior

15

(4)

Communication in and Between Neurons

19

(5)

Structure of the Nervous System

24

(5)

Chapter 3. How Drugs Work

29

(10)

How the Body Affects Drugs

29

(4)

How Drugs Affect the Body

33

(2)

Relationships Between Drug Doses and Effects

35

(4)

Chapter 4. Stimulant Herbs

39

(30)

Pharmaceutical Stimulants

39

(2)

Caffeine Stimulants

41

(9)

Tobacco and Tobacco-Like Stimulants

50

(8)

Amphetamine and Amphetamine-Like Stimulants

58

(10)

Summary

68

(1)

Chapter 5. Cognition-Enhancing Herbs

69

(22)

Discussion and Treatment of Dementia

69

(4)

Ginkgo

73

(5)

Ginseng

78

(3)

Tobacco

81

(2)

Solanaceous Vegetables: (Tomato, Potato, and Eggplant)

83

(1)

Discussion and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

84

(3)

Fava Beans

87

(2)

Summary

89

(2)

Chapter 6. Sedative and Anti-Anxiety Herbs

91

(20)

The Problem of Anxiety

91

(1)

Insomnia

92

(1)

The Structure of Sleep

93

(1)

Central Nervous System Depressants

94

(3)

Valerian

97

(3)

Kava

100

(5)

Passionflower

105

(2)

Chamomile

107

(1)

Other Reputed Sedative Herbs

108

(1)

Summary

109

(2)

Chapter 7. Herbs for Mental Illnesses

111

(18)

The Era of Psychotherapeutic Drugs

111

(2)

Depression and Anxiety

113

(3)

St. John's Wort

116

(4)

Ginger

120

(3)

Ginkgo

123

(2)

Schizophrenia and Psychosis

125

(4)

Chapter 8. Herbal Painkillers

129

(30)

What Is Pain?

129

(1)

The Pain Systems

130

(2)

The Analgesia System

132

(1)

Herbal Analgesics

133

(2)

Opium Poppy

135

(6)

Myrrh

141

(1)

Willow

142

(3)

Meadowsweet

145

(1)

Feverfew

145

(2)

Ginger

147

(1)

Chili Peppers

148

(3)

Stimulant Analgesics

151

(3)

Local Anesthetic Herbs

154

(5)

Chapter 9. Herbal Hallucinogens

159

(24)

What to Call Them?

159

(2)

The Historical Uses of Hallucinogenic Plants

161

(1)

LSD-Like Hallucinogens

162

(13)

Collective Issues with LSD-Like Hallucinogens

175

(2)

The Nightshade Hallucinogens

177

(4)

Fly Agaric

181

(2)

Chapter 10. Cannabis

183

(16)

History

183

(2)

Cannabis and the Human Body

185

(8)

Cannabis Addiction

193

(1)

Therapeutic Uses of Cannabis

194

(3)

Summary

197

(2)

Chapter 11. Use, Abuse, and Addiction

199

(22)

Definitions

200

(4)

Evolutionary Basis for Drug Abuse

204

(1)

Psychological Perspective

205

(4)

Addiction in the Brain

209

(3)

Are Addictions Limited to Drugs?

212

(1)

Treatment

213

(2)

Treatment Methods

215

(3)

Prevention

218

(1)

Conclusions

219

(2)

Glossary

221

(18)

Bibliography

239

(32)

Index

271

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