Do You Know What Is In
Your Exotic Herbal Medicines

Do You Know What Is In Your Exotic Herbal Medicines?

It says it is derived from herbs, it is natural, and by implication this suggests that the supplement you are about to take is healthy, right?

Wrong! Do you know what is in your exotic herbal medicines?

You most likely know what is contained in your prescription drugs since the Food and Drug Administration keep a very close and watchful eye on these components and regulates them.

Herbal supplements, exotic medicines, and nutritional additives in the forms of teas, powders, caplets, and so forth are usually not regulated by the FDA and thus what is on the label may not always be exactly what is found within the substance.

Furthermore, there may be items contained within the caplets that might not be indicated on the label or package anywhere.

Found in health food stores, online venues, and sometimes by mail order, these exotic herbal medicines claim to perform a plethora of functions and assert  sometimes overtly, other times covertly  that due to their being derived from plants they are natural and therefore safe and healthy.

Unfortunately, this is not always the case and several governmental sting operations have proven that when purchasing exotic herbal medicines you are taking your health and safety into your own hands!

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Some herbal remedies hailing from India and China were found to be laden with heavy metals, especially mercury, lead, strychnine, and in some cases even petals of the poisonous aristolochia.

All of these substances are well known toxins and are although they may not be added to the supplements on purpose, the processing of the ingredients, the farming that produces the herbs that are the mainstay of these supplements, and the methodology surrounding harvesting and storing in part rely on high doses of these toxins and thus they will make it into the herbal medicines you are believing to be natural and healthy.

As though the dangers of the heavy metals were not enough to warn off the average consumer from herbal substances they know so little about, it is the use of the aristolochia that should truly give pause to the average consumer.

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It is filler that is sometimes added in small quantities while scrupulous manufacturers use it to cut their substances to larger extents, stretching the actual herbs that are supposed to be the main active ingredients even further.

This plant has been implicated in a rise in miscarriages and in the case of overdoses even death due to its toxicity to the renal system.

Kidney failure is a common complaint of those who are overexposed to the plant and yet it is still found in some herbal compounds and medicines that are currently on the shelves.

It would be unwise to assume you know what it in herbal exotic medicines, especially if you are neither familiar with the processing plant nor the growers. In the same vein, unless you know your herbs and their effectiveness, you may find yourself seriously disadvantaged when it comes to judging how safe a substance may be for you. Proceed with caution!