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ReverendDG
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Message 194 of 327 (368799)
12-10-2006 10:41 AM
Reply to: Message 180 by Buzsaw
12-08-2006 9:31 PM


Re: Herbals are Drugs
It is so food. Tea is food. Comphrey is in my garden along with the other herbals such as parsley, spinach, et al. I eat parsley and celery also for health along with Comphrey tea. I also mix comphrey in green tea. That one eats/drinks certain foods for health doesn't make these herbal foods drugs. I suppose by your token, that some folks eat take chicken soup when they have a cold makes chicken soup a drug.
so what does parsley do to help your health that eating a non-herb wouldn't do? how about spinach? those are foods, they arn't eatten to help heal something, but used to make energy for the body.
something like comphrey or comfrey, has been found to be a drug, it contains substences that are not safe to digest everyday, infact the substence in comfrey has been linked to cancer of the liver and other things
the thing is buz, chicken soup contains nothing we don't know about, while something like comphrey does, we don't know how the plant should be regulated safely as yet, chicken soup contains what? chicken and water?

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ReverendDG
Member (Idle past 4138 days)
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Message 197 of 327 (368836)
12-10-2006 3:37 PM
Reply to: Message 189 by purpledawn
12-09-2006 6:02 PM


Re: Testing Avoidance
I don't see how this supports that herbal manufacturers want to avoid proving their products are safe and effective.
there are too many factors with "dietary supplements", too many risks that people ignore because unlike doctor prescribed medicine, these supplements are "natural", so people don't know that it doesn't have to be man-made to kill you if you take too much.
as i said to buz, comfrey, if taken too long or too much of, will lead to cancer and or/liver failure, but i highly doubt any herbilists who want to sell the stuff tell people that.
in truth i think they want to avoid proving anything because all of that junk except maybe willows bark is a big fat plecebo
i'd like to see someone do a controlled experiment though, it would answer some questions

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