I will take my chances with possible side effects from herbs, any day, over the KNOWN horrific effects of PHARMAS!!!
The truth is ANYTHING can hurt you if you do it wrong...
...in my case I grabbed a little brown bottle of what I thought was Chaga, dumped 20 or so drops into water, came back awhile later, downed it only to discover it was Thyme oil. Stupid, but not deadly. The problem wasn't the substance - it was the consumer who was not wearing her glasses...