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HERB SAFETY VERSUS PHARMACEUTICAL DANGERS

There is a general acceptance of pharmaceutical medicine, whereas herbal medicine, which has been used for thousands of years,

is still viewed by many with suspicion. Medicinal plants may (in some cases) contain toxic chemicals, but in most cases other elements in the plant will cushion the effects of these toxins, so that in prescribed doses, even some (not all) quite toxic herbs, will be safe to use.

The amount of people harmed from either prescribed or over the counter herb use is rarely worth recording.

When producing a pharmaceutical drug from a plant, the scientist will isolate what is considered to be the “active ingredient” (which in some cases is a toxic alkaloid). This will be analyzed in terms of its chemical structure and usually synthesized.

In pharmaceutical medicines, the natural plant buffers have been removed, so that all drugs will have at least some side effects. More than two million people suffer damaging side effects each year in the US alone from prescribed medicines.

Herbal medicines are generally effective, if correctly prescribed, in treating any imbalance, but when that imbalance becomes extremely serious or acute, there may be a place for pharmaceutical medicine or medical procedures.

As mankind moves away from nature and we surround ourselves with man-made causes of disease, the pharmaceutical industries gain greater dominance. But the more we listen to our bodies, eat sensibly, and use natural remedies when appropriate,

the healthier we’ll remain and the less likely we’ll be to take the downward spiral of using unnatural substances to maintain our grip on an unnatural life style.

“Pharmaceutical medicine has been used for almost a century to help people to live with their disease, but rarely to cure them.”

—Professor Hollander, pioneering stem-cell researcher

“The Doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”

—Thomas. A. Edison.