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Abstract

JOSHI and KAUL, University of Georgia, Institute for Natural Products Research, Athens, GA 30605, USA, bsjoshi@prodigy.net, reviewed (315 references) and critically appraised the increasing global usage of herbal medicine .

Background

Alternative therapies have grown in global popularity during recent decades. Herbal medicines present a major concern in countries where allopathic medicine prevails. Sales of such have increased exponentially. Concerns in the health care professions, particularly in the USA, include lack of quality control; commercial profiteering and exploitation, leading to adulterations; lack of proper knowledge about the herbs and their constituents with regard to drug-drug interactions and other adverse side effects ; and inappropriate usage of herbal products.

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References

Joshi BS, Kaul PN. Alternative medicine: herbal drugs and their critical appraisal – Part I. Progress in Drug Research 56: 1-76. 2001.