In spring 2000, the FDA issued an alert to U.S. supplement manufacturers and distributors, stressing the importance of quality checks of herbal ingredients and finished products. The action was prompted by a series of overseas incidents involving Chinese herbal medicines containing aristolochic acids. These constituents, found in plants of the Aristolochiaceae family, were introduced inadvertently to Chinese herbal weight-loss preparations, reportedly causing kidney failure and urinary tract cancer in consumers in France, Spain, Japan, Belgium, Taiwan, and Britain.
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3. AYURVEDIC HERBAL HOME REMEDIES FOR HEADACHE
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5. HERBAL REMEDIES SHOW PROMISE AS CANCER THERAPIES
6. HERBOFINAX IS A SPECIAL COMBINATION OF FINE HERBS VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS
7. NEW TREATMENTS FOR DIABETES
8. STUDENT LOOKS FOR HERBAL REMEDIES
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