Sama Ci (perasaan dr kemaren aku ma Uci sama2an terus yakk ) Nyokap aku sampe bosen ngingetin supaya jamunya diminum... aku cuekin ajah....en ngga minum sedikitpun tuh jamu2an... Alhamdulillah sehat2 saja....
Mama Kavindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/02/2006 01:00 PM Please respond to balita-anda@balita-anda.com To balita-anda@balita-anda.com cc Subject Re: [balita-anda] Jamu Bersalin Nambahin Jeng Listi, Jamu kan kadang ga jelas yah uji farmakologinya…. Sifatnya sih empiris aja yah alias berdasar pengalaman sesepuh kita… n sifatnya juga cocok2an lho jamu2an kaya gitu… Klo ntar ga cocok susah juga dicari penyebaBNYA apa Wkt stl melahirkan nih aku juga disaranin ma mamaku minum jamu..but dr DSOGku ga boleh sih… takutnya klo ada efek samping yg ga diinginkan..lagian kan menyusui nih diriku….. Paling2 aku minum kunyit asam aja..aja klo gak bikin sendiri ya beli di mbokjamu…. But seringnya bikin sendiri sih…hmmmmmm sugerrrrr Uci mamaKavin Re: [balita-anda] Jamu Bersalin Alfin Agung Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:27:14 -0800 Dear mbak, coba bantu ya. Kenapa harus minum jamu2-an, mbak? terus terang saya dulu sempet diwajibin oleh makku u/ mengkonsumsi 1 set jamu2an dari produsen jamu, dia itu dijualnya dah 1 set geto. cuma yang ada malah aku susah BAB. sepertinya efek dari jamu itu, deh. lagipula aku gak ngalamin pusing2, atau gimana gitu. padahal kan jamu2 itu gunanya u/ ngurangin pusing2 dll. jadi u/ apa pula..hehehe... akhirnya aku beranikan diri bilang ke mak, gak mau minum jamu2 lagi karena 2 alasan di atas itu. ya udah, stop deh. di bawah ini ada artikel mengenai yang alami belum tentu aman, ini mengacu ke jamu2an atau obat2an herbal lainnya. mohon maaf jika kurang berkenan. =listi= http://jarangtulis.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luluk Lely Soraya I" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:32 AM Subject: [sehat] [Artikel] WHO : Herbs for health, but how safe are they? > www.who.int/entity/bulletin/archives/79(7)691.pdf > > Herbs for health, but how safe are they? > > Herbal medicines are popular. They are > extensively used in the developing world, > where in many places they offer a more > widely available and more affordable alternative > to pharmaceutical drugs. In Africa, > for example, up to 80% of the population > depends on them, according to WHO > estimates. A recent study by the Roll Back > Malaria Initiative found that in Ghana, Mali, > Nigeria and Zambia, herbal medicine is the > first choice for home treatment of nearly two > thirds of children with high fever. In India, > where the traditional Ayurvedic medicine > employs over 1200 different herbs, herbal > medicine is regularly used by about 65% > of the population. > > Herbal medicines are also popular in > developed countries - the same WHO > estimates state that 50% of Canadians and > 75% of people in France have tried complementary > or alternative medicine, which > often includes herbal remedies. And in Japan, > 85% of doctors prescribe not only modern > medicine but also the traditional herbal > medicine (called Kampo), which is covered > by health insurance. > > Herbal medicines are also profitable. > Worldwide, they represent a market value > of about US$ 43 billion a year, according to > WHO. In the US, alone, over 1500 herbal > medicines are sold annually for a total of nearly > US$ 5 billion and now constitute the fastest > growing sector of the US pharmaceutical > market, according to the US president's > commission on dietary supplements. > The growing popularity of these remedies > is fuelling - and is to some extent > fuelled - by increasing scientific interest > in herbal medicine. WHO estimates that of > the 35 000-70 000 species of plants that are > used for medicinal purposes around the > world, some 5000 have been submitted to > biomedical scrutiny. Scientific evidence of > efficacy is beginning to emerge from randomized > controlled trials in which herbs > compare favourably with placebo. Examples > include St John's wort for mild depression, > ginkgo biloba for some forms of dementia, > saw palmetto for benign prostatic hyperplasia, > and horse chestnut seeds for chronic > venous insufficiency, to mention only four. > And, of course, a number of commonly used > pharmaceutical products are of botanical > origin - aspirin, digitoxin, and quinine are > three well-known examples. > > Another reason for the growing popularity > of herbal medicines is that many people > believe they are safer, ''more natural,'' than > pharmaceuticals. But as Dr Saul Green, a > biochemist and board member of the > nonprofit US National Council Against > Health Fraud, notes: ''Natural doesn't mean > safe. You can find a dozen or more poisons > that are totally natural.'' > > Herbal medicines, however natural, > can cause serious illnesses, from allergy to > liver or kidney malfunction, to cancer, and > even death. In terms of carcinogenicity, for > example, the toxicological potential of natural > plant chemicals is roughly the same as > that of synthetic chemicals, according to > US toxicologist Dr Lois Gold, head of the > carcinogenic potency project at the University > of California at Berkeley. And the fact > that herbal products tend to be taken for long > periods at doses close to their toxic range > doesn't help, she notes. > > Blindness, too, has been attributed > to the use of herbal medicines. A study > published in the Journal of Tropical Medicine and > Hygiene in 1994 reported that 25% of corneal > ulcers in the United Republic of Tanzania > were linked to the use of traditional eye > medicines, of which many are based on herb > extracts. Another study, published in the > British Journal of Ophthalmology in 1976, found > that they were associated with 26% of > childhood blindness cases in Malawi. A lack > of proper sterilization, along with inclusion > of urine, saliva, or breast milk in some of > these medicines, gives pathogens ample > opportunity to thrive in eyes already hard > hit by injury or infection. > > Perhaps the biggest problems with > herbal medicines are a lack of standardization > and of safety regulations. Standardization of > a herbal medicine that may contain hundreds > of chemical constituents, with little or no > evidence indicating which might be responsible > for the presumed or proven therapeutic > effect, is a particularly thorny issue. > > FOOD OR MEDICINE > > Moreover, rules and regulations concerning > herbal medicines vary greatly from country > to country. ''Some countries regulate them > as food, others as medicines,'' says Dr Alan > Randell of the FAO/WHO Food Standards > Programme in Rome. For the most part > herbal medicines aren't tightly regulated. > > ''This is an industry that's out of control > and has been for a very long time. By and > large, the people running the industry want > it to stay that way,'' says Randell. In 1997, > the Codex Alimentarius Commission, an > international body that regulates food > standards, considered issuing rules for > potentially harmful herbs and dietary supplements. > But, according to Randell, the > health food industry pressured the Codex > against regulating herbs, and the Codex > ultimately decided that herbal medicines > didn't fall under the category of food > and thus weren't subject to its regulations. > > Worldwide, only 64 of WHO's > 191 member states regulate herbal medicines. > Dr Xiaorui Zhang, head of WHO's traditional > medicine unit, agrees that the regulation and > standardization of herbal medicines ''clearly > represent important problems'' but she points > out that considerable effort is being put into > tackling the problems. In 1998, for example, > WHO published a review of regulatory > information from 50 countries. > Last year, Zhang's unit published > guidelines on methods of evaluating traditional > medicine therapies, including herbal > medicines. > > Over the past decade WHO's work on > herbal medicines has included the preparation > of a series of monographs on medicinal > plants, based on input from an international > panel of 170 experts. About 100 monographs > are planned, of which 28 appeared in 1999 > in a first volume, a further 30 are in press in > a second volume and work is well advanced > on the remaining 40 or so, which will > appear in a third volume. For each plant, the > monographs give a definition, synonyms > (including vernacular names), a description, > identification of material of medicinal interest > in the plant, and a wealth of scientific > information about purity, chemical tests, > pharmacology, warnings, precautions, > adverse reactions, dosage, plus a copious > scientific reference list. Zhang's unit has also > started a project to run clinical trials-being > conducted in collaboration with the Roll > Back Malaria initiative-of medicinal herbs. > Trials of three herbs with antimalarial > potential are under way in Africa. > > In Europe, the European Medicines > Evaluation Agency (EMEA) set up a herbal > medicinal products working party in May > 1997 that, among other things, prepares > guidelines for manufacturers seeking marketing > authorization for their products. In the > UK, the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) > has launched an ethnic medicines forum > to improve safety and quality standards > of ''unlicensed ethnic medicines''. And > Germany boasts a widely acclaimed regulatory > body, its ''Commission E'', that was > set up in 1978 to assess the safety and efficacy > of herbal medicines and has done so for > about 400 of them, although, some critics > complain, with insufficient information > about scientific sources. > > FDA reports > > In the US, a 1994 law reportedly pushed > through by herbal industry representatives > prevents government officials from tightly > regulating herbal supplements. The only > safety measure in place is a system whereby > consumers and health professionals can > voluntarily report herb-related adverse > events to the Food and Drug Administration. > The FDA makes these reports available > publicly, and on a few occasions has issued > recalls of products deemed especially dangerous. > For instance, in February of 2000, the > FDA recalled five Chinese herbal products > after discovering that they contained potentially > dangerous levels of two prescription > diabetes drugs, glyburide and phenformin. > And in August 2000, in a move to encourage > better manufacturing practices in industry, > the FDA issued a ''guidance for industry'' > document that sets out the criteria it urges > manufacturers to comply with when they > wish to market a botanical drug product - > ''including those botanical products currently > lawfully marketed as foods and dietary > supplements''. > > The US Pharmacopoeia, a non-governmental > organization that establishes medicine > quality standards recognized around > the world, is launching a new programme > to assess the quality of dietary supplements, > including herbals. And the government > sponsored National Toxicology Program > is currently assessing about a dozen herbal > medicines for safety, including goldenseal, > comfrey, pulegone, gingko, Echinacea, aloe, > ginseng, kava kava, milk thistle, and Thujone. > Clearly, without strict safety regulations, > dangerous herbal preparations are reaching > consumers. In Belgium, 70 people who took > a regimen of Chinese dietary herbs developed > renal problems serious enough to require > dialysis or a kidney transplant. A research > team lead by Dr Joelle Nortier at the > Universite? Libre de Bruxelles discovered that > among the herbs consumed by these people > was Aristolochia fangchi, which contains high > concentrations of the potent carcinogen > and kidney toxin aristolochic acid, and which > was mistakenly included in the regimen by > the manufacturer. > > Contamination problems > Pesticide residues present in or on herbs are > another problem. In a study published this > year in the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination > and Toxicology, researchers at the Suez > Canal University in Ismailia, Egypt, examined > five spices -caraway, ginger, cumin seeds, > cinnamon, and anise - they had purchased > at a local market in Egypt. To their dismay, > they discovered that the cumin seeds showed > high levels of the organophosphate pesticide > profenofos - 0.37g/kg, or nearly twice > the residue the WHO and Codex Alimentarius > Commission permit in vegetables. > > This pesticide is known to cause headaches, > nausea, dizziness, intestinal cramps, and > diarrhoea in high doses. The finding is > especially troubling because Egyptian parents > commonly give their children cumin to > relieve coughs, aches, or itching, and children's > low body weights make them especially > vulnerable to the pesticides' effects. > In the US, Dr Richard Ko, a food and > drug scientist at the California State Department > of Health Services in Sacramento, > says that of 260 Asian herbal products his > department has tested, about one in three > were found to contain heavy metals or > undeclared ingredients, including prescription > drugs. A US company, ConsumerLab. > com, has tested hundreds of herbal products > and posted the results on its website. ''We've > found ginseng products contaminated with > pesticides and St John's wort with small levels > of cadmium,'' says Dr Tod Cooperman, > the company's president. ''In our latest tests, > we found one Echinacea product that had > three times the WHO accepted level > of microbial contamination.'' > > All in all, herbal medicines inhabit a > largely uncharted territory. Even the jungle of > names for the different herbs is a regulator's > nightmare. Is Eupatorium perfoliatum ''feverwort'', > ''thoroughwort'', or ''boneset''? Take > your pick. The same for Serenoa repens or Sabal > serrulata or Corypha repens or Brahea serrulata. > Clearly, though, when it comes to safety, > what's in a name is not what counts, but > what's in the herb itself. And that's another > nightmare. > > Christie Aschwanden, Nederland, Colorado, USA > Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001, 79 (7) On 2/2/06, Nia Handayani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Mom's & Dad's > > Kehamilanku sekarang sdh 33 minggu, ada yg mau ditanyain nih. > Kalo udah melahirkan trus minum jamu-jamu untuk bersih darah, beras kencur > dan sebagainya..kira-kira ada efeknya gak ke ASI? > > trus yg aman jamu apa ya? produk mana? mereknya apa? > > thank's ya... Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ================ Kirim bunga, http://www.indokado.com Info balita: http://www.balita-anda.com Stop berlangganan/unsubscribe dari milis ini, e-mail ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peraturan milis, email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
