Is This Dangerous Quackery?

[sandyRoe]

http://www.gumtree.com/p/business-services/reduce-high-bp-or-hypertension-naturally-with-htnil-capsule/1023593740

[RATTER15]

I dont suppose it is any more dangerous than any of the other herbal remedies and weird practices that go on.

[RATTER15]

I think these things are only dangerous if you put to much faith in them, as long as you keep an eye on your BP and consult with GP I don't see any problem in trying these things, personally I wouldn't waste my time and money with it.

[Sqad]

I agree with my friend RATTER.........it is certainly "quackery" whether or not it is "dangerous" I have no idea as i do not know what it contains.

Stay clear.

[Nibble]

Seems to me, that there'll always be enough fools willing to part with their money for the quacks/scammers/conmen to make a living. Looking at the advert and the origin of the "remedy", could I have a large pinch of salt with mine?

[pixie373]

It does depend what it has in it, as to whether it's dangerous and also whether it might affect prescribed blood pressure tablets in any way. I would be very sceptical about buying medicine this way. If you need it and it works, your GP will prescribe it.

[dollie65]

im very wary of any herbal remedies so keep clear of them...to me theres not enough proof that any work and theres not enough information as to the side effects...

[Lipz]

Wow, just wow. Why is it quackery? me and everyone i know use herbs for many aspects in our lives and they do work.

Dollie no offence but that's the most biggest pile of horse manure i've ever read anywhere. So you're very wary of herbal remedies but probably take synthetic meds whose origins lie in herbs.

People here need to do research before making stupid comments without any facts imo.

[sandyRoe]

I'd no intention of using it. It's just that advertisements like that clog up the pages of Gumtree and I was looking a reason to report it.

[Lipz]

You was going to waste your time "Reporting" something which might be of interest and help to others? Maybe you could spend your time doing more positive and happy things instead of trawling the internet looking for things to "Report"

Fyi, i had dangerously high blood pressure and got some quack medicine recommended to be by a quack site (herbal) (Celery seed extract and hawthorne berry) and my blood pressure came to normal levels within a month, i also use quack medicine to handle my anxiety which was so bad i couldn't leave the house but now can go outside carefree and happy. So what's "Quack" to you was a lifesaver to me.

So please in future stop spreading chinese whisper rumours with no facts to back it up as you can see by the other replies on this thread it only serves to spread mass hysteria and ignorance especially to those like yourself who don't bother to research anything and listen and believe anything they hear on the net.

[TheBaBas]

Probably just as effective as the snake oil salesmen who expect us to believe that water has a memory and if something is diluted 14 million times it will be more effective!

[Lipz]

Snakeoil? Have any of you actually researched this product? It's ingredients? Studies? Or do we just glance at things and make judgment without any scientifical backing?

[RATTER15]

Lipz, lady, you got attitude!!!

Before you start banging on about facts, you may want to look again at herbal remedies, about as much use as a fart in a thunderstorm.

Give it up, you wont achieve much with an attitude like yours!!

[RATTER15]

Lipz, maybe Snakeoil will relive the symptoms of getting old, you appear to have problems in this area!

[RATTER15]

*relieve

[Lipz]

Ratter some herbs do work you can't generalise and say that all herbs are rubbish. Have you ever taken asprin? Then reserach "White Willow Bark" where it came from which is a "herb"

[TheBaBas]

Anybody with even a moderate grasp on reality must surely realise that the homeopathic laws of similars, infintesimals and succession are just so patently absurd that homeopathic practitioners are little more than sugar pill peddlars.

No one can deny the placebo effect, and if this works, then great, but people who take homeopathic 'remedies' instead of and not in addition to conventional proven medicines are kidding themselves.

The sugar pill peddlers advertise their nonsense as remedies - remedy is another word for cure, and I find this very dangerous.

[baza]

slightly off subject, but on the telly is an advert which says taking their weight loss pills with exercise and dieting you could lose 3 times more than dieting alone, con or what.

[sandyRoe]

Those pills are supposed to 'bind fat's'. I believe one side effect is diarrhea.

[baza]

sandy, I thought the ad was a load of cr**.