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Problems and Toxicity of Herbal Medicines

This article throws light upon the four major causes of the problems with toxicity of herbal medicines. The causes are: 1. Herbal Material Adulterated with Toxic Non-Plant Materials 2. Herbal Material Adulterated with other Plant 3. Classification of Plant Species of Proven Toxicity  4. Interactions between the Herbal Medicines and Orthodox Drugs or other Substances. Cause # 1. Herbal Material [...]

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Use of Poor Qual­ity, Unstandardized Herbal Drugs

Read this article to learn about Consequences of the Use of Poor Qual­ity, Unstandardized Herbal Drugs. The first obvious consequence of poor quality herbal medicines is that they will have no effica­cy or variable efficacy, and in some cases toxicity. This will result in loss of confi­dence in these products by the public and loss of sales. As has been [...]

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Regulatory Requirements for Herbal Medicines in India

Read this article to learn about the Regulatory Requirements for Herbal Medicines in India. After reading this article to learn about: 1. Introduction to Regulatory Requirements for Herbal Medicines in India 2. Standards of Drugs as per Existing Leg­islature of India 3. Standards of Ayurvedic Drugs 4. Standards of Siddha Drugs 5. Standards of Unani Tibetan System of Drugs and [...]

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