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Enfermería Actual de Costa Rica
versão On-line ISSN 1409-4568versão impressa ISSN 1409-4568
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HERNANDEZ-RIVERA, Patricia. Intake of natural or macrobiotic products: A wakeup call to public health. Enfermería Actual de Costa Rica [online]. 2017, n.33, pp.61-72. ISSN 1409-4568. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/revenf.v0i33.28381.
Prevention of the overuse of natural and macrobiotic products and possible adverse side effects as well as raising awareness among health professionals on the importance of including this subject while taking a medical history. An analysis about the increased usage of natural or macrobiotic products, the advantages of ethno-medicine as a resurgence of the pharmaceutical industry and the disadvantages of these types of products. Herbal medicine offers a therapeutic alternative such as the development of new drugs, although they may have side effects that could put at risk the health of patients.
Palavras-chave : garlic; ginkgo-biloba; medicinal-plants; Saint-John-wort; traditional-medicine.