Context of herbal medicines

Context of herbal medicines

Is rich in the use of herbal medicines in the world. [1] In 1998, nearly 20% of respondents in the United Kingdom during the previous 12 months reported using drugs herbal or homeopathic and herbal in the UK during the period 1995 to 2000 increased by 50% [2]. Protect consumers from dangerous products herbal medicine is necessary or not enough information provided by the manufacturers of the regulations. [3] prescription drugs and OTC drugs are some of the herbal preparation (OTC) the rigorous testing, in contrast to the fall of the United Kingdom under strict regulations. Herbal remedies can be bought over the counter products found in general made ​​or notice of an herbal practitioner, the following made ​​specifically for an individual, and is not subject to this regulation [[1] and [4]], and supplements are marketed as "powerful bioactive ingredients" may be [5]. Interactions serious drugs prescribed / OTC and prescription / OTC drugs herbal happens there is a growing concern. Published in 2001, a systematic review of herb-drug interactions, such as warfarin and garlic, St. John's wort and oral contraceptives [6] is defined as evidence of interaction with drugs found in wide use today.

Warfarin is a British study published in 2004, one in five patients, and 92% were taking herbal medicines used in herbal medicine for their doctors found printed. Only 28% use safe herbal medicines and [7] the need for the doctor to inform about public misconceptions, suggesting that herbal medicines may interact with prescription was aware. A British study of herbal medicine plants negative [8] The reason for this failure, but the response was not studied their doctor about whether to say, investigate. Women and immigrants Ghana Sikhs in London: In-depth qualitative research in the United Kingdom specifically the help of herbal medicines looking at minority groups. Women in Ghana [[9] and [10]] studied the Sikh population in the wider use of contrast was herbal medicine and Western medicine have reservations about its safety and the desired place.
People complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) prescribed medication does not work, or because the side effects [11] can be used. Recommended for the use of the doctors themselves, the report does not address the issue of doctors addressing patients think they need or [[13] [12]] is that doctors may not be able to respond. But because of reports of the use of herbal medicines is specifically studied.
Previous studies of female white ethnicity, higher education and the higher level of [1.14 to 16] using the herbal medicines as the most important predictors income. Studies of the late young middle age [14-16], ranging from the use of herbal medicines for the highest prevalence in the different age groups. Previous studies in the UK have not studied in detail the most common users of herbal medicines.

Herbal medicines and the extent of their knowledge of the environment, is designed to determine the attitudes and behavior of women herbal medicines in the United Kingdom used to explore, this document reports on a qualitative study showed that use of herbal medicine for doctors . The use of herbal medicines and the side effects women reported their doctors feel unable to report on the cause of medicine by the most common plants in the United Kingdom, and the first document to the discovery of the first qualitative study opinion and knowledge of the user. Some women think that herbal medicine will interact with conventional medicines, which is why we have reports du