Find supplements, know phytopharmacology
A doctor in Ohio found an impaired renal function in young patients. It is less than 15 years. Elsewhere 40 year old construction worker died with severe renal dysfunction.
Both of them did not know each other. Not too brother. It’s just that, have the same habits, diligently taking liquid supplements. They consume every day, even more than once when the body is less fit.
It took the examination to ensure relevance to consume excessive supplements (which are considered produces energy) with impaired renal function. To be sure, excessive consumption can have side effects. Supplements may be useful, but there are limitations. It means content, and potential risks.
Some supplements contain caffeine. Consumers with heart problems are advised to avoid it. Caffeine will speed up the heart rhythm which can be fatal in the long term.
Similarly, in taking vitamins (part of the supplement), someone with talent uric acid stones are advised to reduce vitamin C. If violated, the negative effects that come.
In definitive, the supplement is a nutrient supplement product in one’s body. While vitamins are organic compounds the body needs in small amounts to maintain health.
Many myths about vitamins and supplements including weight gain, gives energy, heal disease, to educate children. If it’s the intellectual, why the government does not buy as much as possible and then distribute to the children. It’s all a myth. The myth was developed with suggestions. Vitamins and supplements are not drugs. People with normal and balanced eating patterns actually do not need vitamins or supplements due to be met from the food consumed.
Vitamins more fitting for the residents in the area minus, for pregnant and breastfeeding period, for disturbance to absorb vitamins, special diets or absolute vegetarian.
If anyone wants to take vitamins or supplements, please. However, do not over-expectations. Follow the rules of use.
Advertise free supplement with claims that are often excessive. Some claim as a drug. Amid the confusion of consumers, not government also intervened to give an explanation. The government should be responsible to give counseling drug use is good and right. Because when the drug is categorized product qualifies safe, useful, and efficacious. Achieving that through clinical test in humans that can be proved scientifically. What about supplements? Through pre-clinical stage (test on animals) can not, especially clinical trials. The most basic requirement is safe for consumption.
Then, what is phytopharmacology? phytopharmacology is a drug made from the qualified nature safe, useful, and efficacious as evidenced by clinical trials. There are standard.
phytopharmacology is the highest category of herbal products in the pyramid, above the standardized herbal and medicinal herbs. Standardized herbal products are tested pre-clinically in animals. There are standards that follow. The herb is a concoction of natural ingredients that are used down through the generations. Believed efficacious, but there is no scientific research. Herbs and herbal medicine is not standardized, only to be helpful.
As a supplement, consume herbal medicine also have to be careful especially with the results produced by the modern herbal extracts. Because of there is additional material which could affect negatively.
In some tropical countries are very rich in medicinal natural ingredients. Unfortunately for 15 years produced six new developed phytopharmacology. Among of them, celery leaves and cat whiskers to hypertension medication, leaf meniran to stimulate the immune system, and guava leaves for diarrhea medicine.
Some of plants do have medicinal active substance. However, these are not for all.
“War” conventional medicines (chemical) with herbs have long. There are anti-herb, supported, or combine both for therapy.
By understanding the positive and negative effects of herbal therapy doctor does not need to be banned without reason. Doctors just give directives, decisions in the hands of patients. The hope, patients become increasingly intelligent.
