What to know about herbal medicine and its benefits?
I am going to let you in on a secret! The majority of herbal supplements on the market in the United States are made by factories that are not GMP Certified. This has severe consequences for the consumer because about 30% of the herbal supplements are adulterated. Why? This is because the raw materials suppliers are not covered under the same more stringent regulations as the supplement factories are. Raw material ingredient suppliers are currently regulated under 21 CFR 117, formally 21 CFR 110. However, they are not subjected to 21 CFR 111 since ingredient suppliers may send their ingredients to companies that use the ingredients in multiple commodities such as fragrance, foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and dietary supplements. As everyone knows in the industry, the raw material suppliers are not quality conscious. They don’t really care if their herbs are what they say. They give us, the manufacturers, a nice-looking Certificate of Analysis for the herbal extract sold. This C...