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Alternative Medicine

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5: Herbalists and Hakims At a time of increasing concern about the side-effects of many modern synthetic drugs, the claim that herbal medicine is safe and natural is attracting many patients. Robert Eagle tries to find out how justified these claims are. He also investigates the practices of Hakims, practitioners of traditional Asian medicine, some of whose activities have brought them into conflict with the law. Producer JANE WOOD

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