| By 1930, "Dr." John R. Brinkley of
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| | remedies. In fact I'm all for it. But it
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| Arkansas, Kansas had transplanted over
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| | is important to understand what that
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| 16,000 goat testicles into men who wanted
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| | entails.Let's look at an example.
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| to relive their youth. At $750 per
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| | Digoxin. This drug once was commonly
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| procedure, he became a wealthy man.
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| | prescribed for heart problems. You don't
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| Needless to say, we would call his
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| | see it as much any more because safer and
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| practice quackery at best.The thing most
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| | more effective drugs have been found for
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| people don't realize is that because of
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| | most heart conditions.Digitalis comes
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| loopholes in the law, people can be
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| | from the foxglove plant. Foxgloves are a
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| legally duped in much the same way. You
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| | beautiful flower found in the Pacific
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| can take anything you want other than
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| | Northwest of the United States. My wife
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| recognized poisons and illegal drugs,
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| | can remember people being paid to go out
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| package it up and sell it as a food
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| | and harvest them so that drug companies
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| additive. The only restriction is that
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| | could get digoxin from them.Digoxin is
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| you cannot make claims of any medical
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| | rather peculiar because there is a very
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| benifit on the container itself. They can
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| | narrow range of the drug that can be
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| make as many claims as they want away
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| | safely taken. Take too little and it does
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| from the container. As long as those
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| | nothing. Take too much and it can
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| claims are not made on the container
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| | actually kill you.Furthermore, different
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| itself, there is no regulation on the
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| | plants have different amounts of the
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| product in the United States.One poor
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| | drug. It depends on what type of soil the
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| fellow that I saw in the emergency room
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| | plant grew in. How much sun it got. Even
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| had a terrible case of Rhus Dermatitis.
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| | if there were any insects or animals that
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| That is the medical term for what is
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| | had nibbled on it.
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| commonly called poison oak or poison ivy.
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| | The part of the plant that you tested
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| He had started out getting a small area
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| | would also reveal that there were vastly
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| of rash on his arm. So, he went down to
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| | different amounts of the drug in the
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| the local health food store and bought a
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| | leaves as compared to the roots.A good
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| poison ivy treatment.After taking the
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| | example of that is rhubarb. The leaves
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| 'cure' he proceeded to get profoundly
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| | are poisonous. The stems are good in
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| worse. By the time I saw him he had a
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| | pies.Unfortunately, the guinea pigs I had
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| rash all over his body and was extremely
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| | as a kid found out the hard way. But, I
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| miserable. I found the reason by
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| | did have a nice funeral for them.It might
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| carefully reading the bottle. The 'cure'
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| | surprise you that in a recent study, a
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| was a naturopathic remedy that had poison
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| | large percentage of the herbal remedies
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| ivy in it! How ridiculous is that?The
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| | sold did not even contain the parts of
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| advertising that you see for some
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| | the plant that had been shown to be
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| products makes it immediately obvious
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| | useful!My advice? First of all get
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| that the product is useless. Anyone
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| | yourself a good reference. There is one
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| trained in anatomy and physiology would
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| | book that should be in the library of
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| know right away that the claims were
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| | everyone planning to use an herbal remedy
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| false.One good example is when the claims
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| | and every doctor too for that matter.
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| are contradictory. Rheumatoid arthritis
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| | That is the PDR for Herbal Medicine.This
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| and allergies are good examples of
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| | book lists every herbal medicine that is
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| problems caused by overactive immune
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| | know to have a real medicinal effect. It
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| systems. Yet I have seen products claim
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| | also tells you potential side effects,
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| that they not only help with allergies
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| | what part of the plant has the active
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| but they boost the immune system. You
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| | ingredient and what the medicinal effect
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| can't have it both ways folks.The other
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| | it.Once you know what you want to use,
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| thing that makes you go hmm... is when
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| | the next step is obtaining it. The best
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| the advertising claims that the product
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| | method is to grow your own so you know
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| causes specific physiologic changes in
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| | exactly what you are getting. That way
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| the body. Then they go on and claim that
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| | you can make sure the plant is healthy
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| the product does not contain a drug. But,
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| | and you are using the part of the plant
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| check the definition of a drug: 'A
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| | that will help you and not harm you.If
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| substance used in the diagnosis,
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| | you cannot grow your own, the next best
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| treatment, or prevention of a disease'.
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| | thing is to do a bit of research and find
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| Clearly, if you are claiming that your
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| | a company that is known for its integrity
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| product can be used to treat or prevent
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| | and quality control. Then stick with
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| disease, you are talking about a drug. If
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| | them.Finally, make sure your doctor knows
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| you say that your substance does not
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| | what you are taking. There is some
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| contain a drug, then you can't say it is
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| | possibility that your herbal medicine may
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| preventing or treating a disease. Here
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| | interact or interfere with any medication
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| again, you can't have it both ways.But,
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| | that you are being prescribed.With the
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| you may say, what I am taking is just
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| | proper knowledge and a good source, you
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| plant parts. When my father was in
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| | should be getting some good benifit from
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| pharmacy school in the 1950's, virtually
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| | your herbal medication. But, beware of
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| all drugs were made by collecting plants
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| | the claims of those other products.Dr.
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| and mixing them in certain ways to
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| | Ron McCluskey is an emergency room
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| prepare drugs. Now, people do the same
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| | physician with over twenty years
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| thing, but they are able to sell them as
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| | experience treating all types of medical
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| food aditives because they make no claims
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| | problems. A firm believer in natural
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| about their properties 'on the
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| | remedies, he also hates it when people
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| container'.Having said that, I have
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| | get burned by
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| nothing against people using herbal
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| | rip-off artists.
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