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Dropping
of sex hormone causes rapid aging, muscle loss, big bellies,
impotence, prostate
enlargement, bad circulation, osteoporosis or bone loss, heart
diseases, strokes,
diabetes, obesity, memory loss, and kidney
problems. Information
is located here.
SomSome
herbs may have side effects. The most commonly abused
herb is ephedra (ma huang). When
used improperly it can cause death. The ingredient of this
herb is being used in many western drugs. Maca,
used by the Inca Indians of Peru as an energy booster and
aphrodisiac, being sold in health food stores in the U.S., is
creating controversies. Ginseng can
be in different qualities. The lesser quality ones are not
effective. To be sure, buy the real roots not powder or
capsules but you must know how to distinguish the cheap
quality roots from better quality roots. A Chinese
herb, aristolochia deliblis
(ma dou ling) can
be toxic in incorrect long term usage as a weight control herb.
This herb was mistaken as aristolochia
fangchi  (fang
ji) which has a different Chinese name and is written with
different characters. The confusion in these two herbs created
health problems and deaths in Europe because a western drug
manufacturer used aristolochia
deliblis for aristolochia fangchi
by mistake. When prescribing Chinese herbs, Chinese
characters should be used to avoid misunderstanding. In
traditional Chinese medicine none of these herbs is used in
weight control.
See
list of toxicity of medical
materials.
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