1.   Betty Helphrey wishes that her daughter, Debbie, had known more about the risks posed by herbal products.

2.   I am not aware of any reliable testing done on herbal products.

3.   Always consult your doctor before you start to use an herbal product.

4.   And even if an herbal product has been reliably made in some standard dose, it does not mean that scientific studies have shown it to be effective.

5.   And still, his enterprise grows with seminars, a line of herbal products, movie scripts and possibly a spiritual television channel.

6.   Another area where regulation falls short is in standardizing the ingredients in herbal products.

7.   Before you buy any herbal product, check the expiration date.

8.   Because the herbal products are considered food supplements, not drugs, the burden is on the FDA to prove that they are dangerous, the spokesman said.

9.   -- Buy only standardized herbal products.

10.   Airborne is not the only herbal product to take off recently.