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Some specialized vitamin formulas now include herbs in them as well. The question is, are you going to get any real benefit from these?

Unfortunately, in most cases, the answer is no. Herbs need to be taken at a certain dosage to get a therapeutic effect. And physically, you just can’t fit that much of the herb in one capsule. If you were to take each of the herbs on their own, you would probably be taking quite a few capsules per herb - never mind the rest of the vitamins and minerals as well.

There is a school of thought in herbalism which takes homeopathy as its inspiration. In this school, you only need micro amounts of the herb. However, this theory has not been validated by any scientific studies that I am aware of.

Vitamin and herb combinations won’t do you any harm, and there may be a small benefit in the synergistic combination of herbs. However, the effect is not going to be very strong, if its there at all. My advice would be to take your herbs and vitamins separately, and in the right dosage.