I liked the article, and it makes some good points. As a traditional medicine person, the one that struck a cord with me was that a lot of what is sold has no standards which it must meet. These markets are largely uncontrolled by anyone, and the claims and results are also left up to the descresion of the company that sells the product. I find this a questionable situation. Given the huge lobby the alternative market has, they have been able to keep the FDA at bay, but this is all changing, and we will see stricter guidelines in the very near future. Many herbal products do not even meet the contents printed on the label in a recent study, and contain other items not even listed. One recent news article only a week ago found Rx drugs in some herbal, medications

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.