herbal

From here: PhD girl is killed by Chinese treatment I'm not claiming that evidence based medicine is perfect and errors can't happen, but this here is the really scary part about these "traditional" remedies: (bolding mine) They couldn't even find out what ingredients and substances were in...

A new article came out this week that found that side effects of herbal/natural products are significantly underreported. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070720115427.htm I also found a really cool paper free that details some interactions--more here (Why yes, I'm shamelessly...

I, like many people who are still up at this unEdly hour and sober, suffer from insomnia. To help me out, a friend of mine gave me some tablets that he said help you sleep. I only gave the packaging a cursory look before I accepted, enough to see that it was called "Sleep Aid", a promising name...

I just picked this up from a newsletter: On this occasion we are in time for the consultation, so pens to paper folks!

I have noticed that there are a number of threads about diabetes but I couldn't find the product "Diabeticine" when I searched the forums. This product is also mentioned (although not by name) in Kevin Trudeau's book, Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About. It was developed by Dr...

If anyone is interested, this was the subject of a British medical Journal editorial this week. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7508/62 Apparently, "In the United Kingdom the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is consulting on a proposal for a Herbal...

Hello Does anyone know any good websites which have tested herbs. My sister is constantly getting herbs from a herbalist for different ills. I am very skeptical though. Thanks Mikey

Ok I have a question My friends son is getting diagonosed or rather tossed about in the diagnoss department. They have him somewhere between mildly autistic and ADD. At this point they are treating him more on the ADD side. Anyway she tried some meds on him and he has a upset stomach...

I'd just like to know what people here believe about herbal medicine if anything. Supposedly there is proof available for the following claims : Ginger and Galangal root can help deal with travel sickness. St. John's Wort is an effective anti-depressant. Extracts from both Garlic and...

WHO Gives Rx For Herbal Medicine Maybe you should think twice the next time you pick up something at the local health food store.

On the BBC news website this which starts "The growing demand for herbal remedies is threatening to wipe out 10,000 of the world's 50,000 medicinal plant species, conservation group WWF says" So when someone offers you a herbal remedy tell them that you are too "green" and environmentally...

This shouldn't be very surprising. cnn story

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,7933513%255E1702,00.html That's right, it's a report based on ONE SINGLE PATIENT!

Almost half of the sites claim these products treat, cure, prevent or diagnose specific diseases. Dietary supplements? Sound like drugs to me... jama internet marketing of herbals