ch. 1. Herbal medicine : an introduction to its history, usage, regulation, current trends, and research needs / Sissi Wachtel-Galor and Iris F.F. Benzie -- ch. 2. Antioxidants in herbs and spices : roles in oxidative stress and redox signaling / Ingvild Paur ... [et al.] -- ch. 3. Evaluation of the nutritional and metabolic effects of aloe vera / Meika Foster, Duncan Hunter, and Samir Samman -- ch. 4. Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) / Wing-kwan Chu ... [et al.] -- ch. 5. Cordyceps as an herbal drug / Bao-qin Lin and Shao-ping Li -- ch. 6. Cranberry / Catherine C. Neto and Joe A. Vinson -- ch. 7. The amazing and mighty ginger / Ann M. Bode and Zigang Dong -- ch. 8. Biological activities of ginseng and its application to human health / Jae Joon Wee, Kyeong Mee Park, and An-Sik Chung -- ch. 9. Ganoderma lucidum (Lingzhi or Reishi) : a medicinal mushroom / Sissi Wachtel-Galor ... [et al.] -- ch. 10. Pomegranate ellagitannins / David Heber -- ch. 11. Medical attributes of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) / Kenneth M. Klemow ... [et al.] -- ch. 12. Health benefits of tea / Mauro Serafini ... [et al.] -- ch. 13. Tumeric, the golden spice : from traditional medicine to modern medicine / Sahdeo Prasad and Bharat B. Aggarwal -- ch. 14. Biomolecular and clinical aspects of Chinese Wolfberry / Peter Bucheli ... [et al.] -- ch. 15. Botanical phenolics and neurodegeneration / Albert Y. Sun ... [et al.] -- ch. 16. Cardiovascular disease / Richard Walden and Brian Tomlinson -- ch. 17. Herbs and spices in cancer prevention and treatment / Christine M. Kaefer and John A. Milner -- ch. 18. Herbal treatment for dermatologic disorders / Philip D. Shenefelt -- ch. 19. Diabetes and herbal (botanical) medicine / William T. Cefalu, Jaqueline M. Stephens, and David M. Ribnicky -- ch. 20. Bioactive components in herbal medicine : experimental approaches / Foo-tim Chau ... [et al.] -- ch. 21. Ethics of using herbal medicine as primary or adjunct treatment and issues of drug-herb interaction / Lauren Girard and Sunita Vohra -- ch. 22. Integration of herbal medicine into evidence-based clinical practice : current status and issues / Anthony Lin Zhang, Charlie Changli Xue, and Harry H.S. Fong.