Health stores reject herbal medicines claim
This article airs views expressed by Dr Bridget O’Brien of Tralee which are, frankly, without scientific foundation and did absolutely nothing to reassure the thousands of people who regularly and safely use herbal tinctures.
Dr O’Brien has tried to equate the amount of alcohol in a dose of a herbal tincture with the amount in a dose of poitín. The joys of a glass of poitín carry certain problems, but a dose of a herbal tincture contains as much alcohol as a ripe banana.