natural medicines, was Re: Re: Enough Already

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helen/zhebee wrote:

> I believe that generally if the product

> is natural (ie, not a drug) it is usually going

> to be safe and if it doesn't help the particular

> problem, it will probably benefit something

> in the body.

I have to disagree strongly that " natural " is inherently any safer than

" drugs " , it may be a matter of degree, but still. Enough of anything

will harm or kill you. And there are harmful interactions between herbs

and natural medicines just as there are between conventional pharma

drugs, and between herbals and pharma drugs. " Natural " medicines contain

active chemicals just like the extracted or synthetic chemicals in drugs.

It simply is dangerous to believe that " natural " equals " safe " , it doesn't.

sol