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...Herbal Healing...
...Sanjay Gupta warned of the side effects of herbal supplements, but herbal therapies and mainstream medicine have long been successfully integrated in Germany [June 4]. Since 1998, the English translation of the herbal equivalent to the Physicians' Desk Reference has been available in the U.S.: The Complete German Commission E Monographs...
...have no problem with Gupta's cautioning readers about herbal supplements. The reactionary fear of natural remedies was interesting, though, given that more than 10% of the issue's pages were dedicated to ads from pharmaceutical companies...
...would like to see a comparison of how many people in this country die each year as a result of taking herbal supplements and how many die each year as a result of faulty prescription-medicine usage. Print that; then let's talk some more...
...speared with a skewer, caramelized in deep-fried sugar. As I savor the sweet, sticky snack, I listen to a sermon blasted from a loudspeaker by a church decorated like a pastel Easter egg; in front of me is a row of old women selling religious figurines along with herbal potions that claim to do everything from curing coughs to terminating unwanted pregnancy. Afterwards I walk to Chinatown, where merchants hawk watermelons, pearls, watches and glutinous rice cakes. Padyaks, or pedicabs, painted with names like Raymond and Alfonso are lined up for action, while a jeepney called Jeremiah 616 whizzes...