The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines

May 24, 2001

by Charles W. Fetrow, Juan R. Avila

Review by Susan Wingate on 1 May 2001.

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May 25, 2001

Anyone read this book???? Care to do a critique if you have???

I checked the sight at Amazon, and there was one negative response which claimed it was main line pharmaceutical with an herbal twist. ???

Love,

Doc

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Christian Perring

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Wednesday, May 23, 2001 7:32 PM

[herbal remedies] The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines

The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicinesby Charles W. Fetrow, Juan R. AvilaReview by Susan Wingate on 1 May 2001.http://mentalhelp.net/mhn/bookstore/db.cgi? & uid=default & view_records=1 & ISBN=0743400704=====Home Page: http://www.dowling.edu/faculty/cperringEditor of Metapsychology Online Review: http://mentalhelp.net/books/Philosophy of Psychiatry Links: http://www.angelfire.com/ny/metapsychology/psypsylinks.htmlContributing Editor to The Philosophers' Magazine: http://www.philosophers.co.ukOffice Phone/Fax: (631) 244-3349 / 589-6644Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA Auctions - buy the things you want at great priceshttp://auctions./Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

May 25, 2001

I have the book. It was sent to me from a well meaning father-in-law to help with our herb business. It is written by two clinical pharmacists. The bulk of the information is on side effects and drug interactions. They state on most drugs that there are no studies proving anything. (Of course most studies are done by the pharmaceutical industry to approve or promote their products and if they do test an herb it is by isolating out certain chemical components and then giving it to people in high doses to prove they are toxic and should not be used). So the over-all feel of the book is that all these hundreds of herbs have all these unproven claims with all these known drug interaction and complications.

I wouldn't waist my money on it.

Annette

annette

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Ian Shillington N.D.

herbal remedies

Thursday, May 24, 2001 7:46 PM

Re: [herbal remedies] The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines

Anyone read this book???? Care to do a critique if you have???

I checked the sight at Amazon, and there was one negative response which claimed it was main line pharmaceutical with an herbal twist. ???

Love,

Doc

Ian "Doc" Shillington N.D.505-772-5889Dr.IanShillington

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Christian Perring

herbal remedies

Wednesday, May 23, 2001 7:32 PM

[herbal remedies] The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines

The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicinesby Charles W. Fetrow, Juan R. AvilaReview by Susan Wingate on 1 May 2001.http://mentalhelp.net/mhn/bookstore/db.cgi? & uid=default & view_records=1 & ISBN=0743400704=====Home Page: http://www.dowling.edu/faculty/cperringEditor of Metapsychology Online Review: http://mentalhelp.net/books/Philosophy of Psychiatry Links: http://www.angelfire.com/ny/metapsychology/psypsylinks.htmlContributing Editor to The Philosophers' Magazine: http://www.philosophers.co.ukOffice Phone/Fax: (631) 244-3349 / 589-6644Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA Auctions - buy the things you want at great priceshttp://auctions./Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

May 25, 2001

My Dear Annette,

Thanks so much for taking the time to read it and for the input.

T'was as I suspected.

Love,

Doc (feeling somewhat smug ;o)

Ian "Doc" Shillington N.D.505-772-5889Dr.IanShillington

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Annette Fischer

herbal remedies

Friday, May 25, 2001 12:08 PM

Re: [herbal remedies] The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines

I have the book. It was sent to me from a well meaning father-in-law to help with our herb business. It is written by two clinical pharmacists. The bulk of the information is on side effects and drug interactions. They state on most drugs that there are no studies proving anything. (Of course most studies are done by the pharmaceutical industry to approve or promote their products and if they do test an herb it is by isolating out certain chemical components and then giving it to people in high doses to prove they are toxic and should not be used). So the over-all feel of the book is that all these hundreds of herbs have all these unproven claims with all these known drug interaction and complications.

I wouldn't waist my money on it.

Annette