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Title Nature's pharmacy : herbal medicines / co-produced by Best Alternatives, Inc. and WISDOM Media Group.

Publication Info. [Westport, Conn.] : Best Alternatives, Inc. ; Prince Frederick, Md. : Distributed by Recorded Books, 2005.
©2001

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD 615.321 NATURES    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 24 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Series Health choices
System Details DVD.
Note Title and some credits from container.
Cast Hosted by Howard Torman.
Credits Executive producer, Gary C. Nenner ; music, John Califra.
Note Originally produced for television.
Summary This program examines herbal medicines that originated in China thousands of years ago. It looks at how these herbs are located and produced. The potential dangers of using herbal medicine with conventional drugs is addressed. The question of determining the potency of the active ingredients in herbs and in an essentially unregulated industry is explored. Scientists at the NIH are visited whose research centers on these natural products.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Herbs -- Therapeutic use.
Medicinal plants.
Genre/Form DVD-Video discs.
Documentary television programs.
Added Author Torman, Howard.
Best Alternatives, Inc.
WISDOM Media Group.
ISBN 1419352652
Standard No. 9781419352652
Music No. VD011 Recorded Books
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