Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 One of my patients who has been taking powdered herbs for hepatitis C brought this quote from a book to my attention. I have no doubt that red peony and gardenia are safe, yet I can't find the citation that would allow the writers of this otherwise good book to mention this. I've searched the web following the footnotes in the book and it always leads in a circle back to this quotation. Has anyone heard of the research of a hepatic toxic reaction to Huang Qin and Chi Shao. doug Quoting Drs Jenny Heathcote, M.D., Colina Yim RN, Quynh Thai RN, Averll Sherker MD in " Living With Hepatitis C " after a few paragrpahs under a section called " Herbs That Can Help " which include glycyrrhizia, Phyllanthus amarus and daphnoretin, Silymarin, Picroliv, TJ-9, compound 861, there follows a section called " Herbal Remedies to Avoid " : " A number of herbal remedies are toxic, often to the liver. Between 1991 and 1995, 785 reported cases were well documented in the U.S. Herbs to avoid are crotalaria, senecio, heliotropium, comfrey, Atractylis gummifera, Callilepsis laureola, greater celandine, chaparral leaf, germander, artemisia, hares' ear, chrysanthemum, plantago seed, gardenia, red peony root, skullcap, valerian root, ma huang, jin bu huang, LIV.52 and mistletoe! . . . " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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