Herbal pills – english blog

Buying a herbal sex enhancer is not like buying a vitamin C pill.
In fact, it can be a very challenging and frustrating task.
Not only are you presented with an endless array of “we-are-better-than-anyone-else” products, you also have to deal with unscrupulous manufacturers who prey on your desperation and will do anything to convince you to buy their products.
Believe me, this is one heck of a ‘dirty’ business. And YOU, the unsuspecting customer, are the ultimate guinea pig. Read more… »

Party pills are popular and readily available. Although often not as strong as other popular partying favourites, party pills can keep you pumping on the dance floor. They cost less and don’t involve the risk of legal consequences. However, there are risks in believing that because something is legal it is safe.
BZP
(Benzylpiperazine) and TFMPP
(Trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine) are the two most common ingredients in what are known as ‘herbal highs’ or ‘party pills’. Some examples are: Read more… »

Determining whether or not your patient is using Chinese herbal medicines in raw (decocted) or prepared forms requires sensitivity. Patients may be disinclined to provide this information even when asked directly. Making an open-ended inquiry couched in supportive terms is helpful. You may preface your inquiry with an encouraging generalization, such as: “I understand that in China there are many herbs that can be used to treat diseases. Some of them can be very helpful. Are there any herbs that you like to use? Are you taking any herbs or other medicines now?”
How to advise the patient concerning herb use is a matter of professional judgment. In the best case, it will be possible to communicate with the prescribing herbalist and explore any issues of concern. Many, but not all, practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine can address some Many clinicians choose the simple course and advise the patient to discontinue or moderate its use. Although this advice may seem to be the best course of action, it may reduce the quality of future communication with the patient or with other patients. Consequently, attempting to gain more information and informing the patient about the basis for your advice is important. Often, patients can help you learn more about why they are using herbs.
The resources listed in box 2 offer a first step in becoming more acquainted with aspects of Chinese herbal medicine.

Adulteration
Most of the literature on the toxicity of Chinese herbal medicines consists of case reports describing the effects of using traditional medicinal agents adulterated with biomedical pharmaceuticals. In the United States, this has sometimes involved pharmaceutical agents that are no longer approved for human use. Adulteration with agents such as heavy metals may present the greatest risk to patients who use Chinese herbs.
Adulteration of prepared medicines imported from China and Taiwan is widespread. In some instances, these products are legitimate in their country of origin. In others, an ambitious or unscrupulous manufacturer has incorporated a pharmaceutical agent to enhance the apparent effects of the prepared herbs. Comparatively harmless examples involve the common adulteration of the famous herbal remedy for colds Yin Qiao San with acetaminophen. More harmful examples involve herbal medicines adulterated with large amounts of cortisone and/or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and sold as arthritis remedies. The potential to confuse the consumer is increased because certain stores in American Chinatowns sell biomedical pharmaceuticals manufactured in China alongside prepared herbal remedies. Read more… »

Chinese medicine does not separate mind and body. Instead, the psyche and soma interact with each other. Psychological and emotional experiences can affect the body and vice versa. In this sense, spirit is linked both to the health of the body and to the health of the mind. Similarly, aspects of human experience, such as anger, that are considered psychological in a Western biomedical frame of reference are linked in Chinese medicine to specific organs. Anger is related to the liver, obsessive thought to the spleen, and joy to the heart.
No specific constellations of “psychotropic” herbs or medicinal agents are prescribed routinely for specific mental conditions. In addition, given the cultural predisposition to somatization, it may be unclear, in some instances, whether a mental disorder is being treated at all. In Chinese medicine, clinical presentations that are associated with neurosis (shen jing guan neng zhong) include a wide range of complaints that have distinct physical effects (see box 1).
Even the term “depression” has a somatic linkage. Depression is understood as a disruption of normal emotional activity,3 related to the stagnation of qi (vital substance substance) caused by “affect damage” (the ability of emotional excesses to damage the internal organs). In Chinese medicine, depression requires differential diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Patterns associated with stagnation of liver qi, heat related to the insufficiency of yin, stomach heat, and the insufficiency of heart and spleen blood may all be variously implicated.

WITH the dimmed lights and the easy listening music playing in the back ground, the fire of passion burns like it should on any wedding night. The newly weds are eager to consummate their marriage, making sure the mood is just right. But theunthinkable happens, erectile dysfunction (ED) takes over the ro mance.
Within minutes, the mood in the room has changed. In one corner, the bride questions her beauty and in the other, a groom tries to resurrect his pride and save his ego. This scene is not uncommon in many Malaysian bedrooms. Some occur on much anticipated wedding nights and others, in marriages that have been happy for more than 50 years. Read more… »

Of the 10,000 deaths caused by adverse reactions to prescription drugs every year, a “significant number” were likely to have been caused by patients mixing their treatments with complementary medicines, doctors’ leaders said yesterday.
Research has shown that more than 90 per cent of people prescribed drugs such as warfarin, a powerful anti? coagulant taken to stop the buildup of lethal blood clots, were not asked by their GPs if they were taking any complementary medicines. Read more… »