Bastyr University has announced The Natural Products Dispensary Reference, an authoritative reference guide to the clinical use of natural medicines. The first edition will include a clinical research database with hundreds of studies on listed products, along with research conclusions.

The Natural Products Dispensary Reference will furnish brand-specific information on 30 of the most important botanical medicines and will classify them according to processing methods, product testing, and clinical evidence. A monograph will list each single ingredient botanical including indications, pharmacology, plant parts used, known constituents, and regulatory statutes. The document will contain contact information for all companies listed.

The first edition of The Natural Products Dispensary Reference will be published in 1998 and widely distributed to health care clinics, practitioners, pharmacists, HMOs, and libraries.

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