Recall health food Big-bang, Super Dieter's Tea ordered
Tokyo detected purgative, remedy for erectile dysfunction from health foods
By JCPRESS
Illegal health foods that contain the medicine element . Big-bang (left photo) is expressed as the tonic that uses the Chinese medicine, and sold. Super Dieter 's Tea (right) is sold as herb tea. PHOTO SOURCE : Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Tokyo Metropolitan Government roused on January 19 watching out to the consumers for the stopping of the use of health food "Big-bang" and "Dieting tea of the herb" because it had detected the medicine element from those health foods.
The Tokyo detected element "Vardenafil" used to treat the erectile dysfunction from "Big-bang", and found medicine element "Senna leaf", or Cassia angustifolia Vahl, or Cassia acutifolia Delile ( Leguminosae ), used from "Super Dieter's Tea" as a purgative.
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Tokyo ordered for two companies that handled those health food to cancel a sale, and to recall it because it violated the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government actually bought the health food sold in the market for until October 18th - November 5th of 2004.
The Government that detects no approval and the no permission medicine from those health food is emphasizing, "The consumers that buys those health food should stop the use at once. We wants you to consult a physician promptly in the medical institution when doubting that damage has been received by taking those health food".
The Government explains the pain head, the hot flush, and the rhinitis might be caused as a side effect of Vardenafil.
And, the senna leaf causes the side effect such as the tummyaches and the diarrhoeas, said the Government. Safety to the pregnant woman and the baby is not especially confirmed.
