25SW10 - New Herban Legends and Clinical Pearls: Misinterpretations of Constituent Science Format:Audio Herbal Treatment for Pain and

Herbal Treatment for Pain and Inflammation 41 Jill Stansbury

Therapeutic uses of hawthorn in asthma and other respiratory conditions

cancer and children's health

to sort through each manufacturers' claims of superiority

25SW10 - New Herban Legends and Clinical Pearls: Misinterpretations of Constituent Science Format:Audio Herbal Treatment for Pain andSpeaker: Paul Bergner, Medical Herbalist An Herban Legend is a persistent, widely and firmly held belief about a plant and its medicinal effects which is not true. A Clinical Pearl on the other hand is a useful and reliable property or indication for the herb, unrelated to the Legend. We will describe the errors of interpretation of science that has led to Herban Legends about the use of Glycyrrhiza, Andrographias, Hericium, Echinacea, Baptisia,