<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:lucida console,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">Aloha everyone,<br>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.<br>Aloha and Namaste,<br>Nageshvari<br><div> </div><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(64, 127, 0);">"We must be the change we wish to see in the world"<br> Gandhi</div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: lucida console,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:45 PM, <a target="_blank" href="http://Pinenut.com">Pinenut.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a
rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:penny@pinenut.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:penny@pinenut.com">penny@pinenut.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Marguerite-</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> a
short story.</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">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. </font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">It is no wonder
there pharma wants people to be afraid of natural
treatments.</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Penny
Frazier</font></font></div>
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<a rel="nofollow" title="3moonsisters@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:3moonsisters@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:3moonsisters@gmail.com">marguerite uhlmann-bower</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="Andrea.Schwarzbach@utb.edu" ymailto="mailto:Andrea.Schwarzbach@utb.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:Andrea.Schwarzbach@utb.edu">Andrea Schwarzbach</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Cc:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org" ymailto="mailto:mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org">mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org</a>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:12
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MPWG] herbal remedies
associated with heart drugs</div>
<div><br></div>Hello all, <br>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. <br>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. <br><br>Yet this doesn't make it
an unsafe herb. <br><br>And its a fact that the practice of cardiology is a
highly refined medicine which surpasses possibly what most herbs <br>can do,
in the short term anyway. <br><br>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. <br><br>Is there a remedy for
this type of behavior? :-)<br><br>Yep. <br><br>Educate not only the
general public and our clients but these medical people too. <br>Publishing
our points in local papers, medical journals, and the like. <br><br>Easier
said then done. But not impossible. <br><br>Blessings
<br><br>Marguerite<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Andrea Schwarzbach
<span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Andrea.Schwarzbach@utb.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:Andrea.Schwarzbach@utb.edu">Andrea.Schwarzbach@utb.edu</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hi!<br>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.
<br><br>You might be interested in a press release by the American Botanical
Council regarding the original paper pointing out some of the many
mistakes.<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://cms.herbalgram.org/press/2010/Response_CardiologyArticle.html">http://cms.herbalgram.org/press/2010/Response_CardiologyArticle.html</a></span><br><br>Best
wishes,<br><br>Dr. Andrea Schwarzbach<br>Associate Professor<br>University
of Texas-Brownsville<br>Department of Biological Sciences<br>80 Fort
Brown<br>Brownsville, TX 78520
<div><br><br><br>On 2/2/10 11:33 AM, "Emanuela Appetiti" <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ceo@medicaltraditions.org">ceo@medicaltraditions.org</a>>
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<div>HI!<br><br>Thought you might be interested in this article
about some herbal remedies affecting the activity of heart drugs, appeared
today in CNN health:<br><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/01/moh.healthmag.remedies.avoid/">http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/01/moh.healthmag.remedies.avoid/</a></span><br><br>Best,<br><br>Emanuela
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