The authors both PharmDs and with current or past posts at Duquesne University & St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh co-authored the Professional's Handbook of Complementary...Medicine . Here they responsibly popularize a topic that doctors usually dismiss as new age nonsense. Each of some 300 herbs is covered by: an introduction; common doses; side effects; interactions; cautions; alternate names; research findings, however few; and a bibliography. No endorsements, many warnings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)