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"This site provides information on herbal medicine (as distinct from herbal medicines) sometimes also called phytotherapy. Herbological.com is maintained by Jonathan Treasure, a medical herbalist with professional qualifications in both conventional medical sciences and herbal medicine from the UK, now located in Southern Oregon, USA. (See bio and consulting pages for further details) "

Association Between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level and Upper Respiratory Tract Infection. \nAdit A. Ginde, MD, MPH; Jonathan M. Mansbach, MD; Carlos A. Camargo Jr, MD, DrPH . \nArch Intern Med. 2009;169(4):384-390\n

Katri Räikkönen, Anu-Katriina Pesonen, Kati Heinonen, Jari Lahti, Niina Komsi, Johan G. Eriksson, Jonathan R. Seckl, Anna-Liisa Järvenpää, and Timo E. Strandberg Maternal Licorice Consumption and Detrimental Cognitive and Psychiatric Outcomes in Children American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on October 4, 2009. doi:10.1093/aje/kwp272 Data are compatible with adverse fetal "programming" by overexposure to glucocorticoids and caution against excessive intake of licorice-containing foodstuffs during pregnancy.

"Berberine, the yellow alkaloid ingredient of several traditional anticancer herbs such as Oregon grape root has an expanding literature confirming its anticancer properties. Here are a few recent studies…Oregon grape root was an ingredient of the controversial Hoxseys formula, and berberine herbs were included in Eclectic anticancer formula. Click Links for PubMed"