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Even where a herb has good evidence behind it, that evidence belongs to the plant and not to the bottle in your hand. Testing keeps turning up products that do not contain what the label says.
This part of the argument does not depend on whether herbal remedies work. You could accept every claim made for a plant and still be left with the…
Own brand products from large retailers were among the worst performers in these tests. A big name on the packet is not a quality check, however much it feels like one.
Own label goods are usually made under contract on thin margins with no independent verification of what comes out the other end. So the reassurance…
People often turn to herbal remedies hoping to avoid side effects. Plants are chemistry too, and some of them interact with prescribed medication in ways that matter.
A plant extract is not one substance, it is a mixture of many, which gives it more places to interact rather than fewer. Origin has nothing to do…
Around seven in ten people who use herbal products never mention it to their doctor. Not out of secrecy, mostly because a tea or a gummy does not feel like it belongs on a list of medications.
The useful move is to answer a wider question than the one you were asked. When someone asks what medication you take, tell them what else you take…
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