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Article: Herbal hope or herbal hype? In recent years, an avalanche of herbal products has poured into drugstores and supermarkets; can they really improve your memory, give you energy, and even make you live longer; here's how to know what to believe. (includes list of good and bad herbal products)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
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In recent years, an avalanche of herbal products has poured into drugstores and supermarkets. Can they really improve your memory, give you energy, and even make you live longer? Here's how to know what to believe.
Exams start tomorrow, and you're trying to cram a million facts into your aching brain cells... sine and cosine... the cause of the Spanish-American War... the structure of benzene rings....You wonder if one of those herbal products you've heard about could sharpen your memory. Maybe, but don't bet your grade-point average on it.
Herbs can be powerful medicine. Once scorned by the medical establishment in the United States, the healing power ...