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Published online 13 May 1999 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news990513-8
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Phytotherapy - good science or big business?
Since 1990 the use of herbal medicines in the developed world has increased by almost 400% . Why are these products so alluring? And are they safe?
Over the past two centuries, scientific research has sought to replace the piecemeal folk-wisdom of earlier ages with the light of order, meaning, rigour and progress - with great success.
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