Big Pharma terrorist MHRA attack long-time used and safe Echinacea herbal medicine

Echinacea remedy not for children under 12, says MHRA

Different species of echinacea are used in herbal pills

20 August 2012 Last updated at 13:04

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19318309

The herbal remedy echinacea should not be given to children under 12, the UK’s drugs watchdog has warned parents.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said there was a small risk of severe allergic reactions and this outweighed any perceived benefits.

Some people take the tablets to reduce the severity of cold and flu.

The MHRA said it was a precautionary measure and older children and adults could continue to use echinacea.

It said young children were at heightened risk of allergic reactions such as rashes, hives, difficulty in breathing and even potentially fatal anaphylactic shock.

Richard Woodfield, the head of herbal policy at the MHRA, said: “This is not a serious safety issue, but parents and carers need to be aware that children under 12 could have a low risk of developing allergic reactions.

“The measures being taken are precautionary in nature. Parents should not worry if they have given echinacea to children under 12 in the past.”

Licensed products containing echinacea, some of which are aimed at children, will have to be labelled with the warning.

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  1. Can someone show me the safety record of Echinacea and also compare it to the safety record of quack allopathic doctor treatments for colds and flus? Nearly 300,000 a year die in the U.S. alone from pharmaceutical poisons. Can someone show us the safety record of all herbal medicine over the last five years in comparison to coal-tar poison from merchant scum Rockefeller and co? Interesting how safe Echinacea gets attacked whilst the quacks continue to push their chemotherapy poison known as Tamiflu when it has always been known to be absolutely useless at what you take it for but absolutely brilliant at injuring you. Hows about the U.S. FDA keep passing these dangerous weight loss pills and similar which will give you Liver and Kidney damage. Go buy yourself a Physicians Desk Reference and pray for your safety around such sorcery.

    This is an outright attack on a very safe herbal medicine that works wonders that an over-paid allopathic medical inquisition cannot come close to doing. Expect more of these worthless attacks as this terrorist organization continues with its unlawfully planned destruction of alternative medicine and freedom of choice. Why? So the medical mafia run by The Worshipful Company of Apothecaries and The Worshipful Company of Barbers can continue their population control/reduction and profit from the misery like the ancient pirates of the Livery they truly are. Its time these New Jerusalem Olympians were stopped in this evil Committee of 300.

    They have attacked herbal medicine for years because it treats and reverses disease not just masks symptoms and herbal medicine certainly does not make more illnesses. They hate healing methods just look at the amount of herbalists that have been killed or imprisoned for healing Cancer and Aids Worldwide. How about the Polyatomic Apheresis Ozone doctors who’ve been whacked by this pirate mob by military intelligence proxy? They must be stopped before you are totally doomed to their vile coal-tar poisons creating much of the man-made disease today.

    This is a vile system that feeds itself from many angles to achieve the result the Committee of 300 desire which is a population reduction of 65% by 2050 and then a further reduction of 35% of the surviving populace by 2100. Just study the Peccei family fronted Club of Rome organization and its Global 2000 Report. Malthusian mindsets have been proven wrong many times over and they are actually very dangerous to the existence of the human race, totally the opposite of what they portray. Study history and see for yourself.

    One of the biggest terrorists working to this agenda is the so-called Population Matters group in Manchester, England. A vile group which changed its name when it was highlighted for what it was really doing. It gets a lot of funding from Malthusian elite like the Orsini family and the sick entertainment guiding stars created and run by the Tavistock Institute for Human Relations. Now they use this Population Matters name as a hoodwink like they are trying to help the populace or something. We see this time and time again such as how they created the anti-American, Patriot Act in the U.S. which sounds good but is far from the truth. When you have a dumbed down populace it gets very easy to hoodwink them when you are an ancient clever devious pirate. Their old name was the Optimum Population Trust, in other words genocidal maniacs closely connected with The Company of Educators which is run by Master Martin Cross who desires to become a full blown pirate of the Livery. Look into Jonathon Porritt MP the adviser of Great Master, Prince Charles the same Porritt commanded by his Grandmaster, who the Malthusian supreme, the Black Prince known as Prince Philip. The same Black Prince who wants to come back as a virus to destroy the over-populating humans on Earth.

    Herbal medicine has been attacked numerous times and one of their tricks is to take a single compound out of an herb and make their synthetic poison version of that compound. They will then inject large amounts of this direct into a mouses bloodstream in order to kill the poor creature. They will then use this against the herbal medicine as they have done against Lobelia and Peruvian Bark in the past amongst others. You could never ingest enough Lobelia to kill anyone since you would be violently sick well before that could ever happen. Another herb they did this with was the perfectly safe Greater Celandine which they class now as a poison like Lobelia. Two herbs which can do wonders for your health. Even if a natural compound is as toxic as they may try to claim, when a herb is taken as a whole herb this will buffer the negative of the one compound in question.

    The last paragraph reminds me of how its all no different to how they attack natural vitamins by using synthetic useless vitamins in tests which do not work. The most well known one they have done this with is the vitamin E tests where they use their pathetic Eastman-Kodak derived poison which they believe is vitamin E because it is almost identical molecularly. One big problem with this poison is that it is reversed compared to natural vitamin E and can never work the same. Now do you see through their dirty tricks and manipulations? Take notice how this vulture private-equity group the Carlyle Group has taken over so much of the so-called health-food stores in Britain such as Holland & Barrett. Now go and see what members are within this organization such as Knight of Malta, George H.W Bush who is loyal to the pharmaceutical industry especially through his Nazi continuum Deutsche Verteidigungs Dienst outfight he’s ruled for the last thirty-four years which hides in the Directorate for Intelligence division of the Central Intelligence Agency. George H.W Bush is a merchant within the Committee of 300 through his Walker family connection and the Harriman banking who by the way funded Adolph Hitler and created the Union Banking Corp.

    We are dealing with ancient pirates of the Livery who have menaced the World going back all the way to their Phoenician roots and into Sumer.

    -= The Unhived Mind

  2. Side effects and contraindications

    When taken by mouth, Echinacea does not usually cause side effects.[27] One of the most extensive and systematic studies to review the safety of Echinacea products concluded that overall, “adverse events are rare, mild and reversible,” with the most common symptoms being “gastrointestinal and skin-related.”[28] Such side effects include nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, itch, and rash. Echinacea has also been linked to rare allergic reactions, including asthma, shortness of breath, and one case of anaphylaxis.[28][29][30] Muscle and joint pain has been associated with Echinacea, but it may have been caused by cold or flu symptoms for which the Echinacea products were administered.[28] There are isolated case reports of rare and idiosyncratic reactions including thrombocytopenic purpura, leucopenia, hepatitis, renal failure, and atrial fibrillation, although it is not clear that these were due to Echinacea itself.[31]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinacea

  3. Press release: Parents advised not to use unlicensed children’s herbal medicine sold in Holland and Barrett

    http://www.mhra.gov.uk/NewsCentre/Pressreleases/CON178218

    MHRA pages:
    Herbal medicines: Advice to consumers
    Traditional Herbal Medicines Registration Scheme
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    Press release Date: 3 August 2012
    Time: 13:00
    Subject: Parents advised not to use unlicensed children’s herbal medicine sold in Holland and Barrett
    Contact: Press Office 020 3080 7651
    or press.office@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
    Out-of-hours 07770 446 189

    A herbal remedy sold by Holland and Barrett for young children and adolescents is being taken off shelves because the product is unlicensed, is labelled incorrectly and the claimed herbal ingredients present are incorrectly described. There are concerns that this product may not be suitable for use in children and adolescents and may cause unwanted side effects.

    The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has asked Holland and Barrett to stop marketing Herbal Authority: Echinacea & Golden Root for Juniors. Holland and Barrett have agreed to do this.

    The pictures on the product do not match the labelling description and appears to show Goldenseal root (Hydrastis canadensis) and not Golden root (Rhodiola rosea). The botanical name on the product Berberis aquifolium is also incorrect.

    This Holland and Barrett herbal product is not registered under the traditional herbal registration scheme (THR), which is a scheme to help consumers be confident that the herbal remedies they are taking have been assessed for quality, safety and good manufacturing.

    Richard Woodfield MHRA Head of Herbal Policy said:

    “Parents need to remember that just because a product is labelled as natural does not mean it is safe.

    “When buying herbal products you should look for those that have a traditional herbal registration which can be identified by a THR number on their label. This ensures that the product is safe and avoids consumers putting their health in jeopardy.

    “Anyone that has this herbal product at home should stop using it immediately and return any unused product to Holland and Barrett. If you have taken this product and have any concerns then please speak to your GP or healthcare professional”.

    Notes to Editor
    1. Further information on safety can be found in the patient information leaflets included with the public assessment reports of products registered under the Traditional Herbal Medicine Registration Scheme.

    2. The MHRA is currently investigating a number of complaints about herbal products being marketed without the necessary authorisation and will continue to take regulatory action to protect the public. In the meantime, should anyone have taken these products or have any concerns they should seek the advice of their GP. Please report any suspected adverse reactions through the Yellow Card Scheme

    3. Berberis aquifolium and Hydrastis canadensis: the safety of these ingredients, which contain alkaloids such as berberine and hydrastine, has not been established for children or adolescents. High doses of berberine are reported to cause stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, nervousness, depression, dyspnoea, bradycardia, cardiac damage, hypotension, seizures, paralysis, spasms, and death. Overdoses of hydrastine are reported to cause exaggerated reflexes, convulsions, paralysis, and respiratory failure. Berberine is reported to cause or worsen jaundice in newborns and could lead to a life-threatening problem called kernicterus. Rhodiola rosea it is not recommended in children and adolescents under 18 years of age due to the lack of adequate safety data.

    4. The MHRA is the government agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work, and are acceptably safe. No product is risk-free. Underpinning all our work lie robust and fact-based judgements to ensure that the benefits to patients and the public justify the risks. We keep watch over medicines and devices, and take any necessary action to protect the public promptly if there is a problem. We encourage everyone – the public and healthcare professionals as well as the industry – to tell us about any problems with a medicine or medical device, so that we can investigate and take any necessary action. http://www.mhra.gov.uk

    Download documents:
    http://www.mhra.gov.uk/home/groups/comms-po/documents/news/con178219.pdf

    • What a perfect example of what I was hinting at with this vile Holland & Barrett company that went down the pan after it was sold off by Heath & Heather. A company that has recently been taken over by the Carlyle Group vultures who will slowly destroy the company much further. I always said they would advance the destruction of true remedies in order to aid their pharmaceutical interests whilst milking what last bit of profits can be made from the alternative medicine industry before its destruction at the hands of Marxism. As I said these are merchant pirates out for everything they can get.

      Holland & Barret is also a slave master using unpaid slave labour through the nazi DWP ‘Work Programme’ veiled as something good for the unemployed. People unemployed because of the merchant planned economic collapse so they can implement their new slave system shortly and which is connected to Carbon Trading and the New International Economic Order of the United Nations from 1974. An economic collapse started by Jesuit trained William Clinton and Robert Rubin by allowing wicked derivatives trading which now costs the global populace over $1.4 quadrillion which is impossible to pay back. No you cannot pay it back but it makes a great way for these pirates to enslave populaces for the rest of their lives in a similar fashion to the Venetians of the early 14th Century.

      So now you have unpaid slave labour being accepted by vulture private-equity firms wanting to maximize profits. Another being Warburg Pincus who own Poundland which also uses the DWP Work Programme and looks more like a dysfunctional jobcentreplus than a place of work. All conditioning of the populace to a peasant lifestyle so they become dependent on the ever increasing Marxist State as the United Nations destroy the middle class and Cameron pushes the Big Society (Tavistock Institute brainwashing). Holland & Barret have been removing decent remedies off their shelves slowly and sneakily for a few years now and replacing them with useless products to fill the shelves. Boycott this store which also pays the minimum wage whilst expecting employees to know a lot about the products and health. Training officers for the company openly boast about being owned by the wealthy Carlyle Group. Have they done any research on the group? Obviously not. Notice since their take over of Holland & Barrett that many of the employees are off ill with stress from being over-worked, ill-thought of and worse of all constantly being monitored by mystery shoppers almost every other day. Another fine example of the East German Stasi system coming in which isn’t surprising when Carlyle Group George H.W Bush runs the DVD intelligence agency for the Americas which is controlled from Dachau, Bavaria and bank rolled by Deutsche Bank. Why do they treat their employees so bad? So Holland & Barrett can fire paid workers in order to replace them with unpaid ‘Work Programme’ slaves. This then makes the once H&B worker unemployed and soon enough an unpaid slave for the ‘Work Programme’. A slave dependent on the Marxist State for his housing and living even more so than working for H&B when he had to then beg for HMRC tax credits to make up the lacking wage.

      Surely you can see this New World Order? It not then you are brainwashed and in denial. Can someone tell me where all this is Lawful under English Common law, thee law of the land that cannot be trumped by any other false law thanks to our wonderful Magna Carta of 1215 and British Constitution. First of all who is the E.U to tell England what to do? This is High Treason by all who listen to Brussels directing eighty-five percent of the policies and rules in the U.K. at the moment and soon one-hundred percent. Dame of Malta, Elizabeth Mary II has destroyed England by signing it over into the European Union with every signature of her will & testament on each Treaty she signed with her Prime Minister. Yes her Prime Minister because the Monarch powers were secretly given back in 1689 with the creation of the English Bill of Rights. Nothing from the E.U is legitimate in England and may I remind you that nothing can overturn the Magna Carta and English Common Law. Roman Civil law is a fraud and any Act of Parliament needs the consent of the Governed and we do not consent or give jurisdiction to those vile acts from the E.U or any other statute of that vile Phoenician Law of the High Seas known as Maritime Admiralty law which the Roman Empire perfected and which is now based on Vatican Canon Law. The Merchant system being ultimately controlled by the Vatican through the Order of Malta (Greatest Merchants on Earth), Opus Dei and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem through families such as the Pallavicini and Nattino and the locations of New Jerusalem (City of London) and Switzerland (Bern, Basel, Geneva and Zurich).

      Do not worry I’m sure Dame of Malta, Elizabeth Mary II will still be taking her Echinacea whilst you are left to fight off her Eugenics program with a weakened immunity ready for the plastic coffin liners. Do you forget the early 14th Century and the commerce crisis and black death? All this is happening all over again almost mirroring that era the same as the U.S. now mirrors Nazi Germany? Do you forget the Venetians? Do you not know that the false-Queen of England is not English and not even German but in fact has Venetian roots through the Guelph of the House of Welf! Is it any wonder she likes to use the title ‘Sovereign’ which was created by Papal Bull Aterni Regis of 1481 and granted by the unHoly See now ruled since 1814 by the Aragon Templar continuum once known as Los Alumbrados who are based at Borgo Santo Spirito in the building known as the Curia Generalizia and hide behind the frock as the ultimate veil.

      -= The Unhived Mind

      ALL UK LEGISLATION PASSED SINCE 2000 IS NULL AND VOID [Video]
      http://theunhivedmind.com/wordpress/?p=1345

  4. Propaganda attack against herbal medicine claiming side-effects with drugs
    http://theunhivedmind.com/wordpress2/?p=9801

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