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 Herbs Extract Nearly 4.5 million American children ages 4 to 17 suffer fromattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to the Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention. Because not all these childrenrespond to medications such as Ritalin or Adderall, some parentsturn to herbal supplements to treat the symptoms associated withthe neurobehavioral disorder. But a new study, led by Wendy Weber, a physician specializing innaturopathic medicine and a professor at Bastyr University in Seattle , is one of the first to rigorously test one of these herb-basedmedicines.