[MPWG] herbal remedies associated with heart drugs

Tue Feb 2 19:12:55 CST 2010

Hello all,
I understand the importance of educating and informing the public and our
clients (I'm a practicing herbalist and nurse) about the mixing of herbs and
drugs.
And true, St Johnswort is an herb we need to be cautious about if we choose
to combine with medicine. In and of itself SJW is generally safe. But mix it
with other medications (there's at least a dozen or more it changes and
maybe even some herbs too) it will cause changes to the medications and or
the person.

Yet this doesn't make it an unsafe herb.

And its a fact that the practice of cardiology is a highly refined medicine
which surpasses possibly what most herbs
can do, in the short term anyway.

However we can't agree with the way the western medical practitioners are
going about researching herbs and educating the public about herbs. They're
instilling fear and pointing out that its the herbs that are the causative
problem. Making blanket statements and testing isolated compounds rather
than the whole herb.

Is there a remedy for this type of behavior?  :-)

Yep.

Educate not only the general public and our clients but these medical people
too.
Publishing our points in local papers, medical journals, and the like.

Easier said then done. But not impossible.

Blessings

Marguerite

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Andrea Schwarzbach <
Andrea.Schwarzbach at utb.edu> wrote:

>  Hi!
> The CNN report mentioned below is summarizing  a recently published paper
> [Tachjian A, Maria V, Jahangir A. Use of herbal products and potential
> interactions in patients with cardiovascular diseases. J Amer Coll Cardiol.
> 2010;55(6). [DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.07.074] that has major flaws and is
> obviously written by someone who is a specialist in cardiology but certainly
> has no clue about botany or medicinal plants.
>
> You might be interested in a press release by the American Botanical
> Council regarding the original paper pointing out some of the many mistakes.
> http://cms.herbalgram.org/press/2010/Response_CardiologyArticle.html
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Dr. Andrea Schwarzbach
> Associate Professor
> University of Texas-Brownsville
> Department of Biological Sciences
> 80 Fort Brown
> Brownsville, TX 78520
>
>
>
> On 2/2/10 11:33 AM, "Emanuela Appetiti" <ceo at medicaltraditions.org> wrote:
>
> HI!
>
> Thought you might be interested in this article about some herbal remedies
> affecting the activity of heart drugs, appeared today in CNN health:
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/01/moh.healthmag.remedies.avoid/
>
> Best,
>
> Emanuela Appetiti
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