Mintel has estimated U.S. retail sales of homeopathic and herbal remedies to have reached $6.4 billion in 2012, up almost 3% from 2011, and growing 16% over the past five years.
Common herbal products such as Ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort and garlic could pose a health risk to patients taking certain heart medication, according to a new review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.