Spurious Herbal Medicine

Nutritional supplements are popular in health market, and people like to try them or use them for many reasons. But do you really know that nutritional supplements do not follow any kind of regulations, and this calls for the reason whether these supplements are good for health or not. Here are few tips worth considering that will help you to get the best herbal treatment:

China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) are scrutinizing a drug, named Shuanghuanglian, which is the product of Duoduo Pharmaceutcal Company, Ltd. in Heilongjiang. The drug regulators are suspicious that this herbal injection might be the reason behind three deaths that occurred in three different provinces of country. 

SFDA, in association with China's Ministry of health, has deputed an investigation team to probe this case.

What seems to be harmless and legitimate in sealed bottles might turn out to be fatal for someone’s health. We are talking about dietry supplement pills, sold in certified chemist stores, which are found to be containing alleged performance-enhancing drugs and undeclared pharmaceuticals.

The market is full of them; the web is full of them; pull a brick and they stumble right into your face. Yes, I am talking about the numerous herbal makeover products and their advertisements, which have become a part and parcel of our lives today. 

Doctors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have issued public health warnings against the use of weight-loss drugs marketed as ‘herbal’ or ‘natural. They say that these drugs could actually contain dangerous chemicals and must not be taken without medical advice.