[!! SPAM] Native Essence Herb Company Sues FTC

[Guest guest]

Loretta,

 

How can we as consumers support this company in it's fight with the FTC?

 

Bob

 

-

Dr. Loretta Lanphier

oleander soup

Saturday, June 28, 2008 1:25 PM

[!! SPAM] Native Essence Herb Company Sues FTC

 

Unfortunately the WARNING boxes on natural supplement labels are not satisfying the FTC and the FDA. Nor are they satisfied by the health disclaimers that natural health websites post about seeing your healthcare professional for serious illness, etc. They have determined that "you and I" are not smart enough to decide what is best for OUR health and well-being. Only Big Pharma knows best and if they can't get you to take their drugs then they will take away any natural means that is available.

 

Whether you agree with supplementation/herbs/food-grade vitamins or not, every person in America who believes in natural remedies for health and well-being should get behind this company and post their disgust and outright rage with the FTC. It's getting bad, folks, and we need to tell them to "BACK-OFF!"

 

Talking about the word "cure". It seems that pharmaceutical companies can use this word which makes me laugh when we see how many people are maimed or even killed using pharmaceutical drugs. Prime-time TV is full of drug commercials and the "go ask your doctor" if this is right for you mantra. They have no "proof" that these chemicals work (clinical trials are a joke) and yet when sued or brought to trial every MD will back the drugs! (My daughter was a paralegal for one of the lawyers that fought against the drugs Phen-fen and Vioxx and they were amazed at how MD’s would get on the stand and blatantly lie!) I don't tend to be a conspiracy buff, but all fingers point toward a conspiracy against anything that will keep you and me healthy, without harming the body. We need to be watching all of this with the eyes of a hawk and we need to be VERBAL about it. They are putting chemicals into our water, our food, our air and are trying to take away anything that is “natural” to the body – soon there will be no such thing as an heirloom seed. And WE are allowing it to happen. By the way, the wonderful chemical companies are playing a huge part in this – how many years now have they duped us into believing that plastics are safe??

 

I have a friend who used to be a practicing naturopath in Australia. When the Australian government decided that only docs could prescribe and give out supplementation, he said that, literally, overnight the health food stores shelves were bare and the MD's became "experts" in natural health. I pray this doesn't happen in America but the dark clouds are becoming more formed and are looming over-head and yet, for the most part, not many seem to care.

 

We should never be afraid of knowledge. Knowledge empowers us and should not stress us but encourage us toward action.

 

 

Native Essence Herb Company Sues FTC

 

 

TAOS, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the first time, the Federal Trade Commission is being sued over the use of history.

 

A New Mexico herb company says the First Amendment gives it the right to tell customers the historical use of herbs in treating serious diseases. The FTC says this violates its guidelines.

 

Now the issue is headed to court. Native Essence Herb Company, and its owners Mark and Marianne Hershiser, has sued to strike down the FTC's guidelines.

 

The lawsuit was filed by Houston attorney Richard A. Jaffe, Esq., a leading health care attorney and the author of "Galileo's Lawyer," an insider's look into the battles between the government and the complementary medicine field.

 

"Herb sellers should be able to tell consumers that an herb has a long historical use to treat a disease," says Jaffe. "The FTC's prohibition of this kind of truthful information is unreasonable and unconstitutional."

 

The lawsuit asks the federal court to declare the FTC's guidelines on "historical use claims" for herbal remedies a violation of the First Amendment.

 

Company owner Hershiser wants to post this historical use information on his website, much of which is taken from federal government websites, and he wants the courts to allow him that right.

 

"This is a precedent-setting case," Jaffe says. "The issue has never been litigated; it not only affects the Hershisers, but all companies which sell herbal products."

 

In April 2008, the FTC told the New Mexico herb company that its website contained false, misleading or unsubstantiated claims, including claims that some of the listed herbs have been used for hundreds or thousands of years by Native Americans and other cultures. The FTC received no consumer complaints, yet it threatened to file an injunction action against the company.

 

Native Essence removed that information about their products from their website. However, the company owners decided not to settle with the FTC, but file suit to overturn the FTC's advertising guidelines and seek a judicial ruling allowing sellers of herbal remedies to provide consumers with information found on government websites and other recognized legitimate sources.

 

 

Be Well,

Loretta

 

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[Guest guest]

Wow,

 

This Herb Company dared to face up to big Pharma and

its FDA henchmen? My God, think of the

possibilities. If Rosa Parks could refuse to go to

the back of the bus and start the modern civil rights

movement for African Americans, think what this

company could do for the entire American population

who have to bow down to the Big Pharma Slave Masters

who want us to be sick forever. " A patient cured is

a customer lost " is their motto and these guys dare

threaten their stranglehold on earth's populations.

 

Now that the movement is started what do you say we

get rolling on a Bill in Congress. Perhaps " The

Natural Cures Freedom Act " wherein every American is

guaranteed the freedom to use any natural cure he

chooses and the FDA is forbidden to attack, arrest,

confiscate, or intimidate the manufacturer or user.

Consumers could be protected by civil law or truth in

advertising etc. This is a modern, internet

connected world and the FDA is no longer needed to

" protect " us gullible consumers who have a cascade of

information channels to use for any product

evaluation.

 

We never elected the FDA to be our nanny and take the

herbs out of our infantile mouths and slap our hands.

So what do you say? How about everyone on the blog

site supporting this company and forwarding their

lawsuit data to all practitioners, natural health

organizations and groups. What if we were all " mad

as hell and were not going to take it anymore? "

 

There could be violence, people could get hurt, etc.

but the alternative is millions denied simple cures,

without side effects, that could save their lives.

 

Cheers to Native Essence Herb Company!

 

Richard

Costa Mesa, Calif.

 

--- bbanever <bbanever wrote:

 

> Loretta,

>

> How can we as consumers support this company in

> it's fight with the FTC?

>

> Bob

> -

> Dr. Loretta Lanphier

> oleander soup

> Saturday, June 28, 2008 1:25 PM

> [!! SPAM] Native Essence

> Herb Company Sues FTC

>

>

>

> Unfortunately the WARNING boxes on natural

> supplement labels are not satisfying the FTC and the

> FDA. Nor are they satisfied by the health

> disclaimers that natural health websites post about

> seeing your healthcare professional for serious

> illness, etc. They have determined that " you and I "

> are not smart enough to decide what is best for OUR

> health and well-being. Only Big Pharma knows best

> and if they can't get you to take their drugs then

> they will take away any natural means that is

> available.

>

>

>

> Whether you agree with

> supplementation/herbs/food-grade vitamins or not,

> every person in America who believes in natural

> remedies for health and well-being should get behind

> this company and post their disgust and outright

> rage with the FTC. It's getting bad, folks, and we

> need to tell them to " BACK-OFF! "

>

>

>

> Talking about the word " cure " . It seems that

> pharmaceutical companies can use this word which

> makes me laugh when we see how many people are

> maimed or even killed using pharmaceutical drugs.

> Prime-time TV is full of drug commercials and the

> " go ask your doctor " if this is right for you

> mantra. They have no " proof " that these chemicals

> work (clinical trials are a joke) and yet when sued

> or brought to trial every MD will back the drugs!

> (My daughter was a paralegal for one of the lawyers

> that fought against the drugs Phen-fen and Vioxx and

> they were amazed at how MD's would get on the stand

> and blatantly lie!) I don't tend to be a conspiracy

> buff, but all fingers point toward a conspiracy

> against anything that will keep you and me healthy,

> without harming the body. We need to be watching all

> of this with the eyes of a hawk and we need to be

> VERBAL about it. They are putting chemicals into

> our water, our food, our air and are trying to take

> away anything that is " natural " to the body - soon

> there will be no such thing as an heirloom seed.

> And WE are allowing it to happen. By the way, the

> wonderful chemical companies are playing a huge part

> in this - how many years now have they duped us into

> believing that plastics are safe??

>

>

>

> I have a friend who used to be a practicing

> naturopath in Australia. When the Australian

> government decided that only docs could prescribe

> and give out supplementation, he said that,

> literally, overnight the health food stores shelves

> were bare and the MD's became " experts " in natural

> health. I pray this doesn't happen in America but

> the dark clouds are becoming more formed and are

> looming over-head and yet, for the most part, not

> many seem to care.

>

>

>

> We should never be afraid of knowledge. Knowledge

> empowers us and should not stress us but encourage

> us toward action.

>

>

>

>

>

> Native Essence Herb Company Sues FTC

>

>

>

>

>

> TAOS, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the first time,

> the Federal Trade Commission is being sued over the

> use of history.

>

>

>

> A New Mexico herb company says the First Amendment

> gives it the right to tell customers the historical

> use of herbs in treating serious diseases. The FTC

> says this violates its guidelines.

>

>

>

> Now the issue is headed to court. Native Essence

> Herb Company, and its owners Mark and Marianne

> Hershiser, has sued to strike down the FTC's

> guidelines.

>

>

>

> The lawsuit was filed by Houston attorney Richard

> A. Jaffe, Esq., a leading health care attorney and

> the author of " Galileo's Lawyer, " an insider's look

> into the battles between the government and the

> complementary medicine field.

>

>

>

> " Herb sellers should be able to tell consumers

> that an herb has a long historical use to treat a

> disease, " says Jaffe. " The FTC's prohibition of this

> kind of truthful information is unreasonable and

> unconstitutional. "

>

>

>

> The lawsuit asks the federal court to declare the

> FTC's guidelines on " historical use claims " for

> herbal remedies a violation of the First Amendment.

>

>

>

> Company owner Hershiser wants to post this

> historical use information on his website, much of

> which is taken from federal government websites, and

> he wants the courts to allow him that right.

>

>

>

> " This is a precedent-setting case, " Jaffe says.

> " The issue has never been litigated; it not only

> affects the Hershisers, but all companies which sell

> herbal products. "

>

>

>

> In April 2008, the FTC told the New Mexico herb

> company that its website contained false, misleading

> or unsubstantiated claims, including claims that

> some of the listed herbs have been used for hundreds

> or thousands of years by Native Americans and other

> cultures. The FTC received no consumer complaints,

> yet it threatened to file an injunction action

> against the company.

>

>

>

> Native Essence removed that information about

> their products from their website. However, the

> company owners decided not to settle with the FTC,

> but file suit to overturn the FTC's advertising

> guidelines and seek a judicial ruling allowing

> sellers of herbal remedies to provide consumers with

> information found on government websites and other

> recognized legitimate sources.

>

>

>

>

>

> Be Well,

>

> Loretta

>

> www.oawhealth.com

> Sign-up for our FREE Advanced Health & Wellness

> Newsletter

>

>

>

>

>

>