14SW13 - A Woman's Heart: Botanical Medicines for Prevention and Treatment

Format: Audio

Speaker: Hudson, Tori

Speaker: Tori Hudson. Reviews prevalence of heart disease in women and preventive measures, which include diet and exercise. Herbal prevention focuses on phytosterols as cholesterol-lowering agents, specific herbal medicines such as rauwolfia, garlic, guggul, ginkgo and others. Safety factors and dosing strategies included.

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