How safe are the herbal products?

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How safe are the herbal products?

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Very few herbal drugs have been subjected tosystematic toxicological and nutritional assessment,

yet, because of their long history, customary preparationand use and absence of evidence of harm, theyare generally regarded as safe to consume. This long’history of safe use’ of herbal drugs forms the benchmarkfor the comparative safety assessment of newerherbal products. Apart from these observations, theother important factors in establishing a history ofsafe use are the results of animal studies and observationsfrom human exposure (Walker, 2004). Withthe availability of herbal drugs from the fieldside tothe bedside, via the internet site, care must be takento ensure the safety of herbal drugs, since the regulationsfor herbal drugs are increasing day by day.Chapter 30 also deals with toxicological aspects ofHMPs.

While the safety of some herbal medicines can becompromised by deficient product quality, otherherbal products are dangerous, even if they haveexcellent quality. Yohimbe products rich in yohimbinewill be less safe for over-the-counter use thanproducts containing no or negligible amounts of thisalkaloid (De Smet, 1994b). Likewise, the ChineseTripterygium preparations that occasionally surfacein the Netherlands, will particularly entail the risk ofserious health problems (e.g. gastrointestinal disturbances,skin rashes, immunosuppression, blooddisturbances, amenorrhoea, and oligospermia), whentheir quality is immaculate because of high levels ofcompounds with a narrow therapeutic index (DeSmet, 1995).

The problems of the safety of herbals shouldnot be ignored (De Smet, 1993). The informationcollected during the pre-marketing phase of any drugis inevitably incomplete with regard to possibleadverse reactions; tests in animals are insufficientlypredictive of human safety; in clinical trials patientsare selected and limited in number; the conditions ofuse differ from those in clinical practice and the durationof trials is limited; and information about rarebut serious adverse reactions, chronic toxicity, use inspecial groups (such as children, the elderly or pregnantwomen) or drug interactions is often incompleteor not available. Because the general public thinkthat herbal remedies are 100% safe, they often takethem without any medical advice and treat them likefood. Consequently, the occurrences of side-effects,toxicity and drug interaction are not documented(Mukherjee et al., 2006a). Phyto-pharmacovigilanceis needed in every country, because there are differencesbetween countries (and even regions within countries)in the occurrence of adverse drug reactions, and otherdrug-related problems and methods of data acquisition,handling and evaluation have to be developed,including the collection of consumer commentsregarding non-prescription products.

Toxicity of herbals

All xenobiotics are toxic if they accumulate beyondthe normal level in to the physiological system, as inthe incident in the 1990s in Singapore, Hong Kongand also in Belgium, when women treated with aChinese herbal preparation suffered from renalfailure caused by the presence of the toxic materialaristolochic acid, in a plant drug marketed andindicated for slimming (Meyer et al., 2000).Therefore the importance of controlling the correctidentification of herbal preparation should be takeninto account from the very beginning (Schiltera,2003; Khan, 2006). In addition to the problem ofincorrect plant identification, some mixtures may betoxic, particularly if they are misused.

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Answer by Ms. Chocolate
You would have to go to the health store and purchase natural herbal products and stuff, but the best place to get some natural bath and beauty products is, a Bath and Body works near you, oh my god GIRL!!! it’s just like smell good heaven up in there and I’m a smell good freak lol.