No what refers to the understanding of the effectiveness and safety of the use of therapies based on herbs with other drugs, much is unknown.
Now, the University of Missouri investigator examine how Black Cohosh, a supplement herbarium is often used to relieve hot flashes in menopausal women, interacts with tamoxifen, a drug used to treat breast cancer.
As older women to reach menopause, your risk of developing breast cancer increases, many women have or are at risk, the drug prevents approximately 50 percent of the breast cancers in women with greater risk.
However, when women taking tamoxifen, cannot take the replacement therapies hormonal to relieve symptoms of menopause, your options are limited to take antidepressants that can have complications, and symptoms lasting and uncomfortable of menopause or try to the therapy herbal offered by the black Cohosh.
“We hope that this study will provide evidence that the black Cohosh is safe for use in patients with breast cancer,” said Rachel Ruhlen, a post-doctoral researcher in the MU Faculty of Medicine.
“Currently, there is little reliable information of guiding the manner in which women can use the foods and supplements botanists in order to improve its treatment, to improve their quality of life”.
To study how black Cohosh and tamoxifen interact, Ruhlen used a group of rats exposed to breast cancer, known as ACI rats.
Previous studies have found that breast cancer human is associated with the time of exposure to estrogen in life, ACI rats, as well as human beings; develop breast lumps after exposure to estrogen. (more…)

In general, we tend to believe that eating a plant does not pose any danger to health because it is “natural”.

However, we must not forget that any synthetic drug is made from elements of Mother Nature. Whenever a plant to be used for curative purposes, we know two important things …

1 – First, all plants have “active”.
That is, they possess pharmacological activity. Generally, these principles are substances that are not central to its development, for example, those that are in reserve. A plant may have several active ingredients, so it’s going to have different pharmacological actions.

2 – Secondly, each part of the plant used a drug.
This means that each portion is taken, contain a different active ingredient. Not to be confused with a ‘drug’ laboratory, for example, if we take the gentian, the drug is the root.
Then, taking into account the above two points, may pose a health hazard, mixing different varieties regardless of the active ingredients of each, to take synthetic medicines and, in turn, consume medicinal plants. If there is any doubt about that, it is best to consult a doctor.