VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s top doctor and an alternative-medicine group are both expressing concern about a Victoria naturopath who treated a four-year-old boy with a rabid-dog saliva remedy. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says she is urging Health Canada to review its approval of lyssin, a naturopathic product that claims to contain the infected saliva. Health Canada said the lyssin/hydrophominum products on the Canadian market that it has approved are safe for consumption and have met high standards to demonstrate the product is safe. “Health Canada takes the safety of health products on the Canadian market very seriously,” Health Canada said in an emailed statement. Naturopathic Association filed a complaint Thursday against Zimmermann, claiming she may have breached the association’s code of conduct and code of ethics for naturopathic doctors.

Source: National Post April 20, 2018 08:01 UTC