Dangers in herbal 'medicines'.

Australian Doctor,  August, 2005  

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EDITOR Despite being open-minded about the effectiveness of some alternative therapies, the complete lack of scientific proof for most herbal remedies and the closed-minded approaches of most alternative medicine practitioners leaves me fuming ('Public let down by advice on alternative medicine', 29 July).

I think Australian consumers need to be protected against the herbal charlatans. More often than not, the public are given misleading or unproven information when buying herbal supplements, especially when most herbal remedies are sold by untrained and ...

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