chapter 1 Integrating Traditional and Complementary Medicine into NationalHealthCare: Learning from the International Experience / chapter 2 Can Traditional Medicine Coexist with Modern Medicine in the Same Health Care System? / chapter 3 Clinical Trials for Herbal Extracts / chapter 4 Herbal Medicine: Criteria for Use in Health and Disease / chapter 5 Effects of Phytochemicals in Chinese Functional Ingredients on Gut Health / chapter 6 Tea and Health / chapter 7 Ginkgo biloba: From Traditional Medicine to Molecular Biology / chapter 8 Ginger / chapter 9 Lingzhi Polyphorous Fungus (Ganoderma lucidum) / chapter 10 Epimedium Species / chapter 11 Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. / chapter 12 Salvia miltiorrhiza / chapter 13 Schisandrin B and Other Dibenzocyclooctadiene Lignans / chapter 14 Spirulina: An Overview / chapter 15 Averrhoa bilimbi / chapter 16 Lentinus edodes: Shiitake Mushrooms / chapter 17 Cruciferous Vegetables and Chemoprevention: The Mechanisms of Isothiocyanate-Mediated Chemoprotection in Humans / chapter 18 Pharmacological and Chemopreventive Studies of Chrysanthemum / chapter 19 Andrographis paniculata and the Cardiovascular System / chapter 20 Rosemary / chapter 21 Crataegus (Hawthorn) / chapter 22 Resveratrol: The Promise Therein / chapter 23 Pharmacological and Physiological Effects of Ginseng An-Sik Chung, Jong Dae Park, and Kyung-Joo Cho -- chapter 24 Antioxidant Activities of Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus indica) Fruit and Its Betalains: Betanin and Indicaxanthin / chapter 25 Antioxidant Activity and Antigenotoxicity of Cassia tora / chapter 26 Sho-saiko-to / chapter 27 Licorice Root Flavonoid Antioxidants Reduce LDL Oxidation and Attenuate Cardiovascular Diseases / chapter 28 Estrogen-Like Activity of Licorice Root Extract and Its Constituents / chapter 29 Protection of Oxidative Brain Injury by Chinese Herbal Medicine: Shengmai San as a Model Formula for Antioxidant-Based-Compounds Therapy of Oxidative Stress-Related Diseases / chapter 30 Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali) / chapter 31 The Biological and Pharmacological Properties of Cordyceps sinesis, a Traditional Chinese Medicine That Has Broad Clinical Applications / chapter 32 Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Health Effects of Brandisia hancei / chapter 33 Ephedra / chapter 34 Echinacea and Immunostimulation / chapter 35 Medical Attributes of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) / chapter 36 Therapeutic Potential of Curcumin Derived from Turmeric (Curcuma longa) / chapter 37 Extracts from the Leaves of Chromolaena odorata: A Potential Agent for Wound Healing The-Trung Le, and Manh-Hung Pham / chapter 38 Medicinal Properties of Eucommia Bark and Leaves / chapter 39 Systemic Reviews of Herbal Medicinal Products: Doing More / chapter 40 Use of Silicon-Based Oligonucleotide Chip in Authentication of Toxic Chinese Medicine / chapter 41 Traditional Chinese Medicine: Problems and Drawbacks / chapter 42 Review of Adverse Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Herb-Drug Interactions