for example, ashwagandha or valerian. whenever you search them up it states something akin to “safe to use for up to 6 weeks. long term effects are unknown”
people have been using these medicines for centuries… can’t they just conduct research?
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Herbal medicines that were found to be effective in clinical studies, became medicine, such as using quinine (from Cinchona tree bark) for treating Malaria, Willow bark for headaches became aspirin etc. the ones that were tested and fail to produce a measurable effect became “herbal medicine”.
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