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Herbs & Botanicals

  1. Black Cohosh Primary use
    ease menopause use
  2. Black Cohosh possible interaction
    may cause clotting
  3. Comfrey primary use
    sooth nerves
  4. Comfrey potential interaction
    irreversible liver dz
  5. Echinea primary use
    prevents moderate cold symptoms
  6. potential effect of echinea
    avoid taking for more than 2 months
  7. Ephedra primary use promote wt loss
    rapid heart rate, headaches, very likely hazardous
  8. Garlic primary use
    may reduce cholesterol and BP
  9. Garlic potential ibnteraction
    reduces clotting tiime avoid use with drugs that affect bleeding
  10. Ginger primary use
    antiemetic
  11. Gingkgo biloba- primary use
    vasdilation
  12. Gingkgo biloba potential interaction
    avoid use with wafarin
  13. Ginseng primary use
    immunity/ endurance
  14. Kava- primary use
    relieves anxiety
  15. Kava- potential effect
    liver failure, very likely hazardous
  16. Milk thistle primary use
    may help protect liver
  17. St. Johns Wort primary use
    antidepressive serotonin -enhancing
  18. St. Johns Wort potential effect
    reduces effect of warfarin, avoid with antihypertensives, oral contraceptives, some statins
  19. Licorice root primary use
    ulcers
  20. Licorice root potential effect
    spironolactone, thiazide and loop diuretics hypertensives
  21. Saw palmetto- primary use
    relieve symptoms of enlarged prostate
  22. Saw palmetto potential effect
    diuretic
  23. Valerian root
    calms nerves
  24. valerian root potential effect
    avoid with liver dz
  25. Yohimbe primary use
    erectile dysfunction
  26. YOHIMBE potential interaction
    elevates blood pressure
  27. vitamin E may inhibit ____ aggregation
    platelet
Author
marshelej_6
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Card Set
Herbs & Botanicals
Description
botanicals, primary use, potential interaction
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