[MPWG] A. canadensis re new book and NC Medicinal herb project

[Cafesombra at aol.com]

Thanks for these comments Wendy, good points.
 
Maybe I am out of it which is likely, but is there any real consolidated  
effort to counter these FDA bans?  I am sure ABC and AHPA are working  on it, and 
maybe you or someone can just kindly direct me to a webpage  detailing the 
efforts.  But it is extremely ludicrous to me that FDA is  banning and 
restricting "toxic" herbs like A. canadensis, Comfrey, Borage and  the like, when they 
not necessarily banning toxic OTCs and pharmeceuticals  and favorite foods and 
drugs (tobacco comes to mind) in similar  fashion?   I am sure a 
pharmaceutical exec would argue that's not  true, but seriously is there any real effort 
going on to reclaim the use of  Borage, Comfrey, etc?  I mean seriously, we 
ought to ban sugar, high  fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils etc if we are 
worrying about even a  miniscule chance of someone getting hurt from ingesting 
plant substances known  to be potentially dangerous...
 
As for A. canadensis, it's a very good point that anticipating markets may  
be misguided.  however, anticipating need for the medicine may not be such  a 
bad idea.  Money is useful but it ain't medicine.
 
Best regards, Jennifer C.
 
 
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