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Article: Some herbs could damage your health.
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- Chemistry and Industry
- Article date:
- October 21, 1996
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Maria Burke reports on a recent study that has found that Chinese and Indian traditional remedies may cause health problems.
An increasing number of people are turning to `traditional' health remedies such as ginseng to boost tired spirits. But are they really good for you? A study commissioned by the UK government has found that some unlicensed health remedies may cause serious health problems. This has led a government medicines agency to expand its monitoring of adverse health effects to cover these products.
The study found certain Chinese herbal medicines were linked to liver damage, while traditional remedies from the Indian subcontinent could cause ...