BRITISH HERBAL COMPENDIUM

Volume 1

A handbook of scientific information on widely used

plant drugs

ISBN 978-0-903032-14-8    NOW IN SOFT COVER    Published in 1992

As can be seen from the list below, Volume 1 of the Compendium covers a different range of plant drugs to those featured in Volume 2.

Each volume is complete in itself, but taken together Volumes 1 and 2 cover almost all the plant drugs for

which specifications appear in the BHP 1996.

   84 monographs (listed below)

   239 pages, over 1000 references

   81 diagrams (illustrating the

   structures of 358 constituents)

Produced by the BHMA Scientific Committee and edited by Peter Bradley, the Volume 1 monographs offer authoritative summaries of Constituents (with phytochemical structure diagrams) and Therapeutics, copiously referenced to worldwide scientific literature, together with a section on Regulatory Status and excerpts from French guidelines and German Commission E monographs. The format is broadly similar to that of Volume 2 (of which a sample monograph can be downloaded from this site). However, since less herbal research had been published back in 1992, Volume 1 monographs are generally shorter in length and have less detail on Pharmacology, Clinical Studies and Safety than those found in Volume 2; they reflect the level of data available at that time.

Monographs in the BRITISH HERBAL COMPENDIUM Volume 1

Aloes Barbados Aloe barbadensis, concentrated and dried juice from leaves
Aloes Cape Aloe ferox, concentrated and dried juice from leaves
Asafoetida Ferula species, oleo-gum resin from rhizomes and roots
Balm of Gilead Bud Populus species, winter leaf buds and flower buds
Belladonna Herb Atropa belladonna, leaves and/or flowering tops
Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa, rhizomes and roots
Bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus, entire thalli
Blue Flag Iris versicolor / caroliniana, rhizomes
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, leaves
Buchu Barosma betulina, leaves
Burdock Leaf Arctium lappa / minus, leaves
Burdock Root Arctium lappa / minus, roots
Calumba Root Jateorhiza palmata, roots
Cascara Bark Rhamnus purshianus, bark
Catechu Uncaria gambier, dry aq. extract from leaves and young shoots
Celery Seed Apium graveolens, ripe fruits
Cinchona Bark Cinchona pubescens, bark
Clivers Galium aparine, flowering and fruiting aerial parts
Cocillana Guarea rusbyi, bark
Cola Cola nitida / acuminata, cotyledons
Comfrey Root Symphytum officinale, rhizomes and roots
Corn Silk Zea mays, styles and stigmas
Damiana Turnera diffusa var. aphrodisiaca, leaves and stems
Dandelion Leaf Taraxacum officinale, leaves
Dandelion Root Taraxacum officinale, roots and rhizomes
Devil’s Claw Harpagophytum procumbens, secondary tubers
Echinacea Root Echinacea angustifolia, rhizomes and roots
Elder Flower Sambucu nigra, flowers
Elecampane Inula helenium, roots and rhizomes
Eleutherococcus Eleutherococcus senticosus, roots and rhizomes
Equisetum Equisetum arvense, sterile stems
Euonymus Bark Euonymus atropurpureus, root-bark
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium, flowering aerial parts (or leaves)
Frangula Bark Rhamnus frangula, bark of stems and branches
Fumitory Fumaria officinalis, flowering aerial parts
Garlic Allium sativum, fresh or dried compound bulbs
Gentian Gentiana lutea, underground organs
Ginger Zingiber officinale, rhizomes
Ginseng Panax ginseng, roots
Golden Seal Root Hydrastis canadensis, rhizomes and roots
Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea, aerial parts
Guaiacum Resin Guaiacum officinale, resin from heartwood
Helonias Chamaelirium luteum, rhizomes and roots
Holy Thistle Cnicus benedictus, flowering aerial parts
Hops Humulus lupulus, strobiles
Hyoscyamus Leaf Hyoscyamus niger, leaves and/or flowering tops
Ipecacuanha Cephaelis ipecacuanha / acuminata, underground organs
Ispaghula Husk Plantago ovata, epidermis from ripe seeds
Jamaica Dogwood Piscidia piscipula, root-bark
Lime Tree Flower Tilia platyphyllos / cordata, inflorescences
Liquorice Root Glycyrrhiza glabra, unpeeled roots and stolons
Lobelia Lobelia inflata, aerial parts
Marshmallow Root Althaea officinalis, peeled roots
Matricaria Flower Chamomilla recutita, flower-heads
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, flowering aerial parts
Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca, flowering aerial parts
Myrrh Commiphora species, oleo-gum resin from stems
Nettle Herb Urtica dioica, flowering aerial parts (or leaves)
Parsley Herb Petroselinum crispum, aerial parts
Passiflora Passiflora incarnata, flowering aerial parts
Peppermint Leaf Mentha piperita, leaves
Prickly Ash Bark Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, bark
Pulsatilla Pulsatilla vulgaris / pratensis, flowering aerial parts
Quassia Picrasma excelsa, stem-wood
Red Clover Flower Trifolium pratense, flower-heads
Rhatany Root Krameria triandra, roots
Rhubarb Rheum palmatum / officinale, underground parts
Roman Chamonile Flower Chamaemelum nobile, flower-heads
Sarsaparilla Smilax species, roots and rhizomes
Senega Polygala species, root and root crown
Senna Fruit Alexandrian Cassia senna, fruits
Senna Fruit Tinnevelly Cassia angustifolia, fruits
Senna Leaf Cassia senna / angustifolia, leaflets
Slippery Elm Bark Ulmus rubra, inner bark
Squill Drimia maritima, bulb divested of outer coats
Squill Indian Drimia indica, bulb divested of outer coats
Stramonium Leaf Datura stramonium, leaf and/or flowering tops
Uva Ursi (Bearberry Leaf) Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, leaves
Valerian Root Valeriana officinalis, subterranean organs
White Horehound Marrubium vulgare, leaves and flowering tops
Wild Carrot Daucus carota subsp. carota, flowering aerial parts
Wild Lettuce Lactuca virosa, leaves
Willow Bark Salix species, bark
Yarrow Achillea millefolium, flowering aerial parts