How safe are herbal supplements? (3 of 3)

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There is this story of one journalist who started chewing the seeds because he heard of the story about the mahogany seeds. And he believe that it will cure him, so he tried that. The seed was turned out to be toxic to human. And it was banned. But it was too late for that journalist.

It is the same thing with other herbals. Some plants really have medicinal value. Indeed, many medicines are taken from plants. But separating the medicinal ingredients from other parts of the plant is one thing; taking the whole plant or its leaves as a tea is another.

A plant or a leaf has many chemical properties. The medicinal property may be only one, but there may be many others that could be harmful. Herbals should be taken with caution because we don’t know the harmful ingredients they contain. Studies must first be made before a certain plant is prescribed as medicine.