Ann wrote:
Frank frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet expounded:

Don't have time or inclination to read all of your references but quote
from the one in Scientific American says what I think:
"Information on most dietary supplements is based far more on folklore
than on EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS."

EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS funded by a pharmaceutical company, one way or
the other.

Think is, the pharmaceutical companies don't see much profit in these
'folklore' remedies, so they never are properly tested, and they don't
see the light of widespread distribution. I'll put my trust in the
tried and true anytime, but I'm careful about who that trust goes to.
Stockholders and corporations aren't high on my list.

This is not the case. Numerous medicinals are derived from plants.
There is plenty of money to be made by the pharmaceutical companies in
isolating active ingredients and selling as purified, tested medicines
or using their chemistry as a jumping off point to make even better drugs.