Dr. Sameh Bishara talks about treatment with natural herbal mixtures (Al-Fankoush mixture)

The title may seem strange to some at first glance!!
Medicine, how?!!…even from its name, natural herbs..I mean from nature, if it does not help, it will not harm, right?
No.. not true at all.. let’s know the harms of treatment with herbal mixtures…
*First*: Some or most of the herbal mixtures are unknown composition, such as the name of the herbs contained in the mixture and the proportions of the active substances in it. And their source because they may contain and often contain other substances that may interact with some other medicines, which poses a great danger to the patient’s health, and even if they do not interact, these The substances may have many harms and side effects such as kidney failure, cirrhosis of the liver, infertility and cancerous tumors.
*Second*: Most of the perfumers prepare herbal mixtures randomly and not studied in terms of the ratios of the active and inactive substances in the plant, and this is due to the lack of knowledge of the claimant of the science of perfumery and herbal treatment, and this refutes their claim of the validity of the methods of mixing or mixing with some other substances, whether natural or unnatural or Preparing a preparation and using it in the treatment of certain diseases and not providing sufficient studies to confirm the validity of these allegations.
*Fourth*: It is *the most dangerous* that the perfumers are not aware of the patient’s full health condition…as it is possible that these herbs may have complications or allergies from one of the components of these herbs, in addition to the resort of some perfumers to mix these herbs with some chemicals or pharmaceutical drugs to increase the effectiveness and claim that The wonderful effect is the effect of the mixture (Al-Fankoush).
Fifthly: These mixtures are not subject to the supervision of the Ministry of Health… meaning the perfumer does what he likes, and there is no one to ask him.
All that has passed is easy.. the next is more difficult…..
Who among us follows some private satellite channels and does not see the terrible advertisements that promote strange and suspicious products and formulations, including what is multi-talented for the treatment of headaches, stomach, colonists, antidepressants, tonic for sexual ability, prevents hair loss and loses weight..and even brings the beloved and returns the divorced woman!!
Unfortunately, those advertisements find those who believe them and rush to contact and order products, most of which are *not registered at the Ministry of Health* to discover that they either bought funkush or bought health problems and side effects that if they do not appear at the time, they will appear in the future.
After all of the above:
Herbal formulations are unknown ingredients if they do not help *harm*
Even if some medicines are extracted from herbs and plants, they are extracted by the knowledge of specialized pharmacists and chemists, and in specific and studied proportions.