Posts Tagged ‘medicine’

What’s wrong with herbal medicine?

Monday, April 26th, 2010

It’s that time of the year when people start taking echinacea in efforts to ward off colds and flu.

Echinacea is a prime example of blind faith. I give reasons why people SHOULD NOT take echinacea… and these same reasons apply to many other herbal remedies.

Some related articles and studies
RICHARD SADOVSKY, M.D.
Barrett BP, et al. Treatment of the common cold with unrefinedechinacea. Ann Intern Med December 17, 2002; 137:939-46

^ “Efficacy and safety of echinacea in treating upper respiratory tract infections in children: a randomized controlled trial”, Taylor, J. A., et al. 2003., Journal of the American Medical Association 2003 Dec 3;290(21):2824-30

^ “An evaluation of Echinaceae angustifolia in experimental rhinovirus infections.” Turner, R. B. et al. 2005., New England Journal of Medicine 353: 341-348

Herbal medicines. “Selected clinical considerations focusing on known or potential drug-herb interactions.”, Miller, Lucinda G., 1998, Archives of Internal Medicine 158: 2200-2211

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Vitacost.com: Top Brand Vitamins at Wholesale Cost

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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