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This is a partial list of herbs and herbal treatments with known or suspected adverse effects, either alone or in interaction with other herbs or drugs.Non-inclusion of an herb in this list does not imply that it is free of adverse effects.
Herb-drug interactions are drug interactions that occur between herbal medicines and conventional drugs. [18] These types of interactions may be more common than drug-drug interactions because herbal medicines often contain multiple pharmacologically active ingredients, while conventional drugs typically contain only one. [ 18 ]
Sideritis, also known as ironwort, [1] mountain tea, Greek tea and shepherd's tea, is a genus of flowering plants known for their use as herbal medicine, commonly as a herbal tea. They are abundant in Mediterranean regions, the Balkans, the Iberian Peninsula and Macaronesia, but can also be found in Central Europe and temperate Asia. [2] [3] [4 ...
Huperzine A is a naturally-occurring sesquiterpene alkaloid compound found in the firmoss Huperzia serrata [2] and in varying quantities in other food Huperzia species, including H. elmeri, H. carinat, and H. aqualupian. [3]
Sidalcea ranunculacea is a rhizomatous perennial herb reaching up to 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) tall. It is coated in hairs, the lower ones becoming bristly. The fleshy lobed leaf blades also have hairs and bristles. The inflorescence is a dense, spikelike cluster or series of clusters of flowers. Each flower has five pink to purple petals up to 1.5 ...
Leonurus japonicus is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called yìmǔcǎo (Chinese: 益母草), literally "beneficial herb for mothers". It is used in cases of menstrual and delivery disorders caused by blood stasis such as dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea. [5]
[6] Marjoram – somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavors. Mint – Mentha [7] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. [8] The species are not clearly distinct and estimates of the number of species varies from 13 to 18. [9] Hybridization between some of the species occurs naturally.
Symphytum is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common name comfrey (pronounced / ˈ k ʌ m f r i /, from the Latin confervere to 'heal' or literally to 'boil together', referring to uses in ancient traditional medicine).