The Problem of Herbal Medicines Legal Status

ISBN-13: 9781586030056 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 216 str.

John Luis Brady

Opis

The main problem of the use of medicinal plants, discussed by this text, is that citizens are being persuaded that herbal medicine is based on its low or even absent toxicity. A good efficacy is assumed as self-evident, and therapeutic benefit without risks is expected. Many users prefer natural medicine instead of synthetic remedies. However, the number of reports on unwanted side effects of phytomedicines has increased in the last few years. In some instances, a lack of pharmaceutical quality was found. The unqualified recommendation of herbal medicines may represent a considerable risk for the user when a more effective and necessary treatment will therefore be stopped or omitted. These circumstances must be taken into account by the governments, inspection services, the doctors and the judges. The present approach to herbal medicines and fraud with these products do not receive the necessary punishment because it is believed that if the product does not have any therapeutic property, it cannot entail any harm either.