Herbs and Health Foods

By: Adrielle Shine Ada Caryl Faye Tamara Tracy Elechicon Graceshel Ann Marie Yap Rezyl Jane Regondon BS Pharmacy 2A

Legality of Sale
Herbs or health foods - Used in self-treatment of disease states or less-than-optimal health conditions with various products of natural origin. - They are NOT drugs or medicinal agents.

In the USA: The 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act had initially required all drugs sold in the country to be proved safe. The 1962 Drug Amendments required that drugs marketed after 1938 be proved both safe and effective.

 New Drug Application (NDA) determines if the drug is proven effective. Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) determines the effectiveness of drugs.
The agency declared that the drug, even though exempt from proofs of safety and efficacy under existing laws, was barred from commerce if any part of the labeling claimed that the drug was good for anything, that is, effective for the treatment of a disease state.

In the Philippines:
DOH Administrative Order 2010-0008 was issued mainly to inform the public that food/dietary supplements are not drugs and should not be used to treat disease. As the State's main arm in the task of promoting and protecting the health of the people the DOH must explore all possible means to fulfill its mandate. Claims as to the suitability of a food for use in the prevention, alleviation, treatment or cure of disease, disorder or particular physiological conditions are also prohibited.

The Pharmacist: Must be able to provide information as accurate as possible to patients who, through ignorance or desperation, may be tempted to utilize such products. One must be alert to the need and opportunity to refer a patient for more traditional contemporary health care when indicated, but must maintain credibility and lines of communication by avoiding categorical turn-off comments such as it is worthless.

Natural and Organic

Natural applied to such materials, identifies only as source and not necessarily a degree of superiority or inferiority. Organic applied to health foods, implied that the produce was grown under conditions utilizing only natural fertilizers, such as manure, and that no pesticides of any type were applied.

Safety and Efficacy Considerations

Placebo effect a medication action that is independent of, or minimally related to, the specific effects of the procedure or drug employed. Effective in about 35% of the Px to whom they are administered.

Herbs and Health Foods

Present a number of hazards Self-selected nontherapeutic agents may prevent, or at least delay, the Px from seeking and obtaining needed medical tx for serious ailment. No applicable standards of quality (misbranded) Not standardize with respect to the contained concentrations of active constituents. These products are relatively expensive and their routine use may prove quite costly. Their use may have been superseded in medical practice by more potent or effective therapeutic agents.

Herbs and Health Foods

Alfalfa
BO: Medicago sativa Syn: Alfalfa or lucerne Uses: Stimulant Relieve arthritic conditions Stimulate the apetite *Monkeys fed quantities of Alfalfa sprouts develop SLE.

Aloe
BO: Aloe perfoliata L. Syn: Chinese Aloe Uses: Tx of diabetes Moisturizer Shampoo Tx elevated blood lipids in humans Components: acetylated mannans, polymannans, anthraquinone Cglycosides, and various lectins.

Angelica
BO: Angelica archangelica Syn: Holy Ghost, Wild Celery Uses: Aromatic stimulant Bronchial tonic Carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic Tx for rheumatism Components: furocoumarins of the psolaren type includes gelicin, bergapten, imperatorin, xanthotoxin.

Apricot Pits
BO: Prunus armeniaca L. Syn: Apricot kernels Uses: Anticancer (irrational) Components: Laetrile Amygdalin

Arnica
BO: Arnica montana L. Syn: Leopard's bane Uses: Anti-inflammatory Analgesic Antibiotic For cardiac and circulatory purposes Components: 2 sesquiterpenoid lactones, helenalin (develops contact dermatitis), dihydrohelenalin.

Asafetida
BO: Ferula assafoetida L. Syn: Gum asalfetida Uses: Caminative Expectorant Antispasmodic Laxative Components: 20% V.O. (isobutylpropanyl disulfide), 40-65% resin (asaresinotannol, ferulic acid), 25% gum

Aveloz
BO: Euphorbia heterodoxa Syn: Killwart, Pobreng kahoy (Fil.) Uses: Tx warts Tx cancer & tumor Tx cysts & fibromas Components: diterpene esters with antileukemic activity (tumor promoters, cocarcinogens)

Black Cohosh
BO: Cimicifuga racemosa L. Syn: Black cohosh Uses: Tx for dysmenorrhea Tx bronchitis, coughs &chronic rheumatism Bitter tonics to Tx indigestion & loss of apetite Components: 15-20% resin (bitterness), saponins, glycosidic constituents. Toxicity: Bradycardia, tremors and vertigo.

Blessed Thistle
BO: Cnicus benedictus L. Syn: holy thistle Uses: Tx for flatulence & indigestion Use in liver disease & gallbladder Components: Cnicin (bitter diterpenoid lactone)

Blue Vervain
BO: Verbena hastata L. Syn: Simplers Joy Uses: Diaphoretic Emmenagogue Expectorant Tonic Tranquilizer Components: Verbanalin (glucoside)

Boneset
BO: Eupatorium perfoliatum Syn: Boneset Uses: Diaphoretic Laxative Emetic (high doses) Components: Eupatorin (Triterpenic saponin)

Borage
BO: Borago officinalis L. Syn: Common Borage Uses: Astringent Demulcent Components: tannins and mucilage, 2 pyrrolizidine alkaloids: lycopsamine ans supinidine viridiflorate (poisonous)

Bran
BO: Trinticum aestivum L. Syn: Bran Uses: Tx of GI disorders Constipation Appendicitis Hemorrhoids Tx of ulcerative colitis & colnic diverticulosis Components: 26.7% dietary fiber.

Broom
BO: Cytisus scoparius L. Syn: Scotch broom Uses: Cardiac remedy Cathartic Diuretic Hallucinogen when smoked Oxytocic effect Components: 1.55 of sparteine, lesser quantities of cysteine and other alkaloids. *not safe for self-medication

Burdock
BO: Arctium lappa L. Syn: Lappa Uses: Diuretic Diaphoretic Childbirth aid Tx of gout Tx of rheumatism and syphilitic disorders Stimulates hair growth Tx of dandruff and psoriasis

Butchers-Broom
BO: Ruscus aculeatus Syn: Butchers-broom Box holly Uses: Anti-inflammatory Vasocontrictive Phlebotherapeutic agent
Marketed in 2 forms: Capsule (tx for circulatory disorders); Rectal Ointment (tx for hemorrhoids)

Components: Steroidal glycosides, aglycones (ruscogenin & neoruscogenin)

Calamus
BO: Acorus calamus Syn: Sweet flag or calamus Uses: Carminative Stomachic Soap & Perfume Components: 75% asarone

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