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Chinese herbal mixtures: Heavy metal poisoning [5] Coltsfoot: coughwort, farfarae folium leaf, foalswort [4] Tussilago farfara: Liver damage, cancer [4] Comfrey: comphrey, blackwort, common comfrey, slippery root [4] Symphytum officinale: Liver damage, [4] [5] cancer [4] Country mallow: heartleaf, silky white mallow Sida cordifolia
Due to its toxicity, the use of Veratrum as a treatment for high blood pressure in humans was discontinued. [211] Vernicia fordii: tung tree Euphorbiaceae: It is poisonous in all of its parts, including the fruit and the seeds, although some parts of the tree have been used for medicinal purposes in the past.
Veratrum plants are known both in western herbalism and traditional Chinese medicine as toxic herbs to be used with great caution. It is one of the medicinals ( Li lu , 藜蘆) cited in Chinese herbal texts as incompatible with many other common herbs because of its potentiating effects.
In places where alternative medicine is popular, though, like China and Japan, aconite remains common. And so do aconite poisonings. At this point, officials are still trying to determine the ...
Although many consumers believe that herbal medicines are safe because they are natural, herbal medicines and synthetic drugs may interact, causing toxicity to the consumer. Herbal remedies can also be dangerously contaminated, and herbal medicines without established efficacy, may unknowingly be used to replace prescription medicines. [38]
Arnica montana has been used as a herbal medicine. [18] When used topically in a gel at 50% concentration, A. montana was found to have the same effectiveness (albeit with possibly worse side effects) as a 5% ibuprofen gel for treating the symptoms of hand osteoarthritis . [ 19 ]
The antidote for belladonna poisoning is an anticholinesterase (such as physostigmine) or a cholinomimetic (such as pilocarpine), the same as for atropine. [52] Atropa bella-donna is also toxic to many domestic animals, causing narcosis and paralysis. [53] However, cattle and rabbits eat the plant seemingly without suffering harmful effects. [50]
A brand of organic basil sold at Trader Joe's stores has been recalled after it was found to have a connection to a strain of salmonella that is sickening people, the U.S. Food and Drug ...