KOMPAS.com - More than 50 percent of patients taking herbal medicine, although about to undergo surgery. However, only about 30-60 percent of their doctors. Generally, the drink is fish oil supplements, echinacea, ginseng, garlic and ginkgo biloba.

Herbal remedies are considered safe and without side effects, but can cause potentially fatal effects if taken before surgery. We can experience bleeding, heart attack, stroke, and allergic reactions. Alternatively, the anesthetic and anticoagulant drugs will not function properly.

So, before entering the operating room, tell the doctor all medications or supplements that have been we could consume. Including those not listed in the recipe. Ideally, we stop the consumption of supplements of any kind to three weeks before the scheduled surgery.