Guest guest Posted July 27, 2000 Report Share Posted July 27, 2000 Heiko Lade Registered Acupuncturist / Chinese Herbalist 2 Jenkins St. Green Island, Dunedin New Zealand Tel: (03) 488 4086, Fax: (03) 488 4012 http://www.lade.com/heiko Email: heiko - <juderon heiko <heiko Thursday, 27 July 2000 19:51 Re: Fw: Re: [Fwd: FYI Aristolochia & FDA] > Hi Heiko > > I would be very interested in following this up. It is apparent that either some > folk-lore is being spread among herbalists to try and save face, or else the > medical profession has not done their job in investigating and reporting this > issue. > > This could become a strategic issue. If it can be proven that this report is > true then it would restore some credibility and objectivity to the herbal > industry -- if not then the herbal industry needs to bite the bullet, accept > that even with this 'crash' herbalism is still extremely safe compared to > prescribed drugs, and get on with life. > > I haven't heard any calls for the Concorde to be banned? Even though it now has > an extremely unsafe record. The industry average for air crashes is 1:8,000,000 > passenger flights. The Concord's record is now 1:23,000 passenger flights (last > week it was <1:2,500,000 passenger flights.) > > Can you feed this back through your network? They can fax the French article to > me and I'll try and get it translated or at least summarised. Our Ministry of > Health IN NEW ZEALAND would be interested in the findings. > > My fax is +64-9-832 4883 > > Kind regards > > Ron > [OR MAIL TO ME BELOW TO SAVE FAX COSTS] > heiko wrote: > > > Heiko Lade > > Registered Acupuncturist / Chinese Herbalist > > 2 Jenkins St. > > Green Island, Dunedin > > New Zealand > > Tel: (03) 488 4086, Fax: (03) 488 4012 > > http://www.lade.com/heiko > > Email: heiko > > - > > <acuman1 > > > > Thursday, 27 July 2000 4:06 > > Re: Re: [Fwd: FYI Aristolochia & FDA] > > > > > > > > In a message dated 7/25/00 9:49:13 PM, herb-t writes: > > > > > > << The issue does not appear to be large doses out of traditional > > > context, > > > but rather small doses given cumulatively. And the issue always > > > involved identification problems or lay prescribing. >> > > > > > > I have talked with herbalists from Belgium, and they used raw herbs and > > herbs > > > 600 times the dose normally used (on a body weight ratio, of course) on > > cats, > > > dogs, and mice. It hurt mice, so they said it was bad if used for long > > > periiods. The whole thing was a sham. Trouble is that I have a whole > > booklet > > > of info on it to disprove the whole thing and it is in French, so I need > > an > > > interpreter, and dont' have one. > > > There was no misidentification, butthey thought that could be the reason. > > The > > > reason why the liver problems and cancer happened had only ot do with the > > > drugs and diet programs they were given, and a similar program without the > > > drugs in another town had no problems (same herbs no drugs). The media > > wasn't > > > interested. Here inthe US, some of the media is. > > > Volunteers? > > > David Molony > > > > > > > > > > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare > > practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing > > in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, > > including board approved online continuing education. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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