14ME22 - A Review of the ABC Botanical Adulterants Program Format:Audio red elderberry

red elderberry

Discusses the pros and cons of the western biomedical approach to back pain (pharmaceuticals

with diagnosis trending toward progressively lower TSH levels

with specific uses of menstrual charting

shepherd's purse

14ME22 - A Review of the ABC Botanical Adulterants Program Format:Audio red elderberrySpeaker: Mark Blumenthal. The chemically complex nature of herbs frequently requires additional quality control in herbal raw materials, teas, extracts, and phytomedicines. In the past thirty years, there have been numerous cases of accidental misidentification of botanicals. In addition, there is the practice of intentional adulteration, where raw materials are diluted or may be "spiked" to create a false sense of quality. There is also the issue of