1.   The main anthranoid containing herbal drugs that are used as stimulant laxatives are senna, aloe, cascara, frangula, and rhubarb.

2.   Dr. Varro Tyler, an authority on herbal drugs and a professor of pharmacognosy at Purdue University, no longer thinks that sales of ephedra should be unrestricted.

3.   Experts say many patients withhold information about herbal drug use because they fear being ridiculed by their doctors.

4.   French thinks the savvier marketing of herbal drugs -- selling them in clubs, inventing catchy names -- increases the potential for abuse and misuse.

5.   He says he made his herbal drug to help some musicians quit ecstasy after seeing them do too much.

6.   In other cases people who took herbal drugs have suffered heart palpitations, insomnia, headaches, nausea, tingling nerves and gastrointestinal disorders, he said.

7.   Legality is one main attraction of the herbal drugs.

8.   One of them is PhytoCeutica Inc., a company involved in herbal drug discovery and founded with research from Yung-Chi Cheng, a Yale professor.

9.   He also noted that unlike with modern pharmaceuticals, it is not required to identify all active ingredients before a herbal drug can go on the market.

10.   However, he urged caution for use of other herbal drugs.