Subject: Re: Herbs for Blood Pressure and Depression

From: [email-masked] (Don Scott)
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 05:58:38 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Camilla Cracchiolo) writes:

>Look, herbs are not magic.  They work because they contain 
>pharmacologically active agents.  In other words, they are *drugs*.  

Thanks, Camilla.  Your entire post was very good.  It's about time the 
heralists recognize that "natural" does not necessarily mean "safe" or 
"effective."   Indeed, they should read such basic books as The NAS- sponsored 
"Natural Toxicants in Foods" and the like.
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