[MPWG] thank you

[Nageswari]

Aloha everyone,
I'm currently doing pre requsite courses for Botanical Medicine and REALLY appreciate the postings on this list.  Keep them coming, and thank you very much.
Aloha and Namaste,
Nageshvari

 
"We must be the change we wish to see in the world"
 Gandhi




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On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Pinenut.com <penny at pinenut.com> wrote:

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>Marguerite-
>  a 
>short story.
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>We started 
>selling persimmon leaf tea after reading research from overseas about 
>persimmon's health benefits. People were taking Nexium for acid reflux- a 
>primary condition that persimmon leaf was reported to treat.  The people 
>are telling us that the persimmon leaf works better than the pill. I cannot keep 
>enough of it in stock - because the demand is solid. 
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>It is no wonder 
>there pharma wants people to be afraid of natural 
>treatments.
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>Penny 
>Frazier
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: marguerite uhlmann-bower 
>>To: Andrea Schwarzbach 
>>Cc: mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org 
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:12 
>>  PM
>>Subject: Re: [MPWG] herbal remedies 
>>  associated with heart drugs
>>
>>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
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>>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
>>>>
>>>><http://medicaltraditions.org/> 
>>>>
>>>>ceo at medicaltraditions.org <mailto:info at medicaltraditions.org> 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>+1 202 633 0967
>>>>
>>>>PO Box 7606
>>>>Washington, DC 
>>>>      20044-7606 
>>>>USA
>>>>
>>>>www.medicaltraditions.org <http://medicaltraditions.org/> 
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>>
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