A doctor whose alternative medicine clinic in Tarlac province was recently shut down by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cried foul over the supposed lack of due process afforded to her. In August, the FDA shuttered the Dr. Farrah Agustin-Bunch Natural Medical Center after it was found to be selling unregistered herbal products claiming to heal cancer. That is the reason for the strict product certification process of the FDA—to ensure that those who use these products obtain the benefits claimed by such products,” she added. Bunch, however, said that she had applied to register her products with the FDA but “beyond the lip service” that officials were doing for traditional and alternative medicine, “not much” was being done to truly promote the use of natural medicine. ADVERTISEMENTRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 23, 2018 21:45 UTC