Re: "homeopathic" Quietex

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

If someone suggested you (not you, Heidi) take a mix of drugs (some known,
many unknown) of variable and unpredictable potency and with very little
scientific testing - no studies of potential mutagenic and/or carcinogenic
characteristics, etc., would you use them? Ah, but they are natural.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net


-----Original Message-----
From: CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>

>
> But homeopathy and herbalism are not the same thing; although many people
> combine them under the heading of "natural." >>
>
>Unfortunately, many people also equate "herbal" with "drug-free" and that
is
>far from the truth, too.  MANY drugs are refined from plants (at least
>originally), and MANY herbal remedies work precisely because they contain
>pharmacologically-active agents in unrefined forms.  In many cases, a plant
>may contain a whole family of the chemical in question, whereas the
"refined"
>drug is just one member of the family.  A perfect case in point is
yucca--it
>is a "natural" anti-inflamatory plant because it contains a class of
chemicals
>called salicylates, the most common of which is acetylsalicylic acid,
better
>known to most of us as aspirin.
>
>Heidi
>
>