[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by iamthat

Indeed. Just like the active ingredient in aspirin is salicin from willow bark. But there is an argument that just taking the active ingredient is out of balance, whereas in the original herbal remedy that active ingredient might be balanced by other substances present.

Peace

But in the example I showed, taking the herb by itself could
be deadly because you could not tell if you were getting enough
or getting too little or too much of the main ingredient.