Dr. Joe Schwarcz

And this is where the danger of homeopathy comes in, you know, because people always say, well, you know, what's the harm in homeopathy? You're just taking water and nothing more than that. Well, there is no danger physically in the actual therapy. The danger is in believing that it may do something that it cannot do and to use it to the exclusion of other remedies which may actually work.

And this is where the danger of homeopathy comes in, you know, because people always say, well, you know, what's the harm in homeopathy? You're just taking water and nothing more than that. Well, there is no danger physically in the actual therapy. The danger is in believing that it may do something that it cannot do and to use it to the exclusion of other remedies which may actually work.

In the US, this is quite easy to do. because of a piece of legislation that was passed way back in 1993 called the Health Supplement and Dietary Education Act. This was legislation that made it legal to basically sell anything as long as it was a natural product. If you could find it in nature, you could sell it. It did not have to go through any kind of FDA approval.

In the US, this is quite easy to do. because of a piece of legislation that was passed way back in 1993 called the Health Supplement and Dietary Education Act. This was legislation that made it legal to basically sell anything as long as it was a natural product. If you could find it in nature, you could sell it. It did not have to go through any kind of FDA approval.

In the US, this is quite easy to do. because of a piece of legislation that was passed way back in 1993 called the Health Supplement and Dietary Education Act. This was legislation that made it legal to basically sell anything as long as it was a natural product. If you could find it in nature, you could sell it. It did not have to go through any kind of FDA approval.

And of course, most herbal remedies fall into that category because they do occur in nature. And of course, it is very easy to kind of, you know, promote herbal remedies in a blanket fashion because many of the proper medicines that we use today do originate from plants. The classic example, of course, is morphine, which is isolated from the poppy.

And of course, most herbal remedies fall into that category because they do occur in nature. And of course, it is very easy to kind of, you know, promote herbal remedies in a blanket fashion because many of the proper medicines that we use today do originate from plants. The classic example, of course, is morphine, which is isolated from the poppy.

And of course, most herbal remedies fall into that category because they do occur in nature. And of course, it is very easy to kind of, you know, promote herbal remedies in a blanket fashion because many of the proper medicines that we use today do originate from plants. The classic example, of course, is morphine, which is isolated from the poppy.

We have digitalis that comes from plant foxglove. We have the Madagascar periwinkle, which gives us a cancer treatment. So there are numerous examples of drugs that are based on herbs. However, when someone suffers from congestive heart failure, they're not told to go out and graze in a field of foxglove.

We have digitalis that comes from plant foxglove. We have the Madagascar periwinkle, which gives us a cancer treatment. So there are numerous examples of drugs that are based on herbs. However, when someone suffers from congestive heart failure, they're not told to go out and graze in a field of foxglove.

We have digitalis that comes from plant foxglove. We have the Madagascar periwinkle, which gives us a cancer treatment. So there are numerous examples of drugs that are based on herbs. However, when someone suffers from congestive heart failure, they're not told to go out and graze in a field of foxglove.

The active ingredient is isolated, purified, so that physicians can prescribe the proper dose. But none of that kind of thing is mentioned with the promotion of herbal remedies. And some of these are, you know, just made by taking various plants and grinding them up, putting into a capsule and selling them.

The active ingredient is isolated, purified, so that physicians can prescribe the proper dose. But none of that kind of thing is mentioned with the promotion of herbal remedies. And some of these are, you know, just made by taking various plants and grinding them up, putting into a capsule and selling them.

The active ingredient is isolated, purified, so that physicians can prescribe the proper dose. But none of that kind of thing is mentioned with the promotion of herbal remedies. And some of these are, you know, just made by taking various plants and grinding them up, putting into a capsule and selling them.

Without any any significant trials and because there's no need to carry out these trials They can just market this through health food stores and of course these days online So what often happens when someone like you with MD after their name, you know part of the medical establishment when you start to say bad things about natural remedies and

Without any any significant trials and because there's no need to carry out these trials They can just market this through health food stores and of course these days online So what often happens when someone like you with MD after their name, you know part of the medical establishment when you start to say bad things about natural remedies and

Without any any significant trials and because there's no need to carry out these trials They can just market this through health food stores and of course these days online So what often happens when someone like you with MD after their name, you know part of the medical establishment when you start to say bad things about natural remedies and

Let's start out by saying that pharmaceutical companies are not philanthropic enterprises. They are there to make money. And there certainly are skeletons in that closet. There's no question about that. We've seen drugs being marketed and overhyped. And essentially, the truth is that virtually no drug works quite as well as the detailed salesmen say that it works.

Let's start out by saying that pharmaceutical companies are not philanthropic enterprises. They are there to make money. And there certainly are skeletons in that closet. There's no question about that. We've seen drugs being marketed and overhyped. And essentially, the truth is that virtually no drug works quite as well as the detailed salesmen say that it works.

Let's start out by saying that pharmaceutical companies are not philanthropic enterprises. They are there to make money. And there certainly are skeletons in that closet. There's no question about that. We've seen drugs being marketed and overhyped. And essentially, the truth is that virtually no drug works quite as well as the detailed salesmen say that it works.