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I read with great interest Dr. Jeffcoat’s September editorial, "The Case of the Felonious Foxglove: The Dark Side of Natural Cures." In it she gives a reasoned warning for natural remedies, and a recommendation for including questions regarding their use to be part of every medical history. However, this does not go far enough.

In the same way that we, as dentists, have made ourselves knowledgeable with the pharmacological actions of many drugs (minimally, through reference texts), we must also become knowledgeable in the modern use of natural remedies of all kinds.

A good place to start is a reference book, "Textbook of Natural Medicine."¹ It not only is comprehensive, but it also is used as a textbook to educate naturopathic physicians—a licensed profession in more and more states.

Dr. Jeffcoat ended her editorial with the comment that "the allure of natural healing is just too strong to ignore." Because this is true, we, as health care professionals, must educate ourselves beyond simply thinking (and saying), "All natural remedies are bad or potentially harmful."

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1. Pizzorno JE, Murray MT, eds. Textbook of natural medicine. 2nd ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1999.
   
   

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