02SW09 - Immunomodulators of the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Format:Audio Weight Loss Herbs: Help or

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This panel addresses the question of the best natural therapies to use for specific situations of hyperlipidemia in older adults

Speaker: Helen Lowe Metzman

Indications and Toxicology of Black Cohosh

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02SW09 - Immunomodulators of the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia Format:Audio Weight Loss Herbs: Help orSpeaker: Kevin Spelman. Immunomodulators show great promise in the treatment of the immune dysregulation that is so commonly experienced by today's clinician. Three plants from the Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia are described in depth. The geographic distribution, energetics, constituents, traditional uses, actions, immune effects and special features of Picrorrihza, Tinospora and Withania are discussed. Methods of medicine preparation and therapeutic doses