Jean wrote on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:40:04 -0500:



> Yes, but some folk medicine has proven to be valid.

..Certainly, effective medicines are obtainable from natural sources,
quinine for example. However, a major problem lies in knowing just what
dose you get from a decoction of a natural product. The drug content can
depend a lot on what the climate has been and what season the plants are
collected and the extracts are not controlled and tested by government
agencies. There are also known natural products that are highly
effective against particular diseases but have undesirable side effects.



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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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