THE PLANTS
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These entries document a species and its reported uses. They do not recommend preparations or treatment.Understanding the profiles
Aeonium lindleyi Webb & Berthel.
Historical record: demulcent
Reported subject: Historical record: Poisonings
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
Read the entryAfzelia africana Sm. ex Pers.
Historical record: Poisonings
Reported subject: Historical record: Poisonings
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
Read the entryAgave bulliana (Baker) Thiede & Eggli
Historical record: snake bites
Reported subject: Historical record: snake bites
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
Read the entryAgave maculata Regel
Historical record: snake bites
Reported subject: Historical record: snake bites
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
Read the entryAgave variegata Jacobi
Historical record: snake bites
Reported subject: Historical record: snake bites
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
Read the entryPhytolacca americana L.
Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported subject: Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Poisonous pokeweed: do not ingest berries or plant parts.
Read the entryPolygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce
Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported subject: Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported uses, not demonstrated
ANSM List B: safety information; no home use recommended.
Read the entryAnnona squamosa L.
Historical record: snake bites
Reported subject: Historical record: snake bites
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
Read the entryMercurialis annua L.
Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported subject: Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported uses, not demonstrated
ANSM List B: safety information; no home use recommended.
Read the entryAreca catechu L.
Pharmacopoeial material: seed (areca nut)
Reported subject: Documented carcinogenic hazard
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Areca nut: carcinogenic to humans according to IARC. Do not chew or prepare.
Read the entryAster neoelegans Grierson
Indications recorded in Bhutanese materia medica
Reported subject: Indications recorded in Bhutanese materia medica
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Documentary profile with limited evidence. Reported indications do not establish efficacy or justify self-medication or replacing medical care.
Read the entryAzima tetracantha Lam.
Historical record: haemostatic
Reported subject: Historical record: snake bites
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
Read the entryScutellaria baicalensis Georgi
Listed part — documentary context
Reported subject: Combination with metformin: findings and caution
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Liver-enzyme elevations were reported in a trial: do not combine with treatment on your own.
Read the entryMomordica balsamina L.
Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported subject: Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Balsam apple: fruits and seeds are not recommended for self-medication.
Read the entryTamus communis L.
Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported subject: Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported uses, not demonstrated
ANSM List B: safety information; no home use recommended.
Read the entryPiper nigrum L.
Piperine: pharmacokinetic interaction
Reported subject: Piperine: pharmacokinetic interaction
Safety data — read the risk
Concentrated piperine can alter medicine exposure; culinary use is not equivalent.
Read the entryBoophone disticha (L.f.) Herb.
Reported traditional practices
Reported subject: Reported traditional practices
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Limited ethnobotanical entry: practices are documented; clinical effectiveness is not established by these accounts. SANBI describes the bulb as very poisonous and reports sore eyes and headache around flowers in confined spaces.
Read the entryBorago officinalis L.
Pharmacopoeial material: aerial parts; flowers
Reported subject: Pyrrolizidine-alkaloid caution
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Flowers and aerial parts: pyrrolizidine-alkaloid concern; no home tea offered.
Read the entryBoswellia papyrifera (Delile) Hochst.
Historical record: Poisonings
Reported subject: Historical record: Poisonings
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
Read the entryBursera fagaroides (Kunth) Engl.
Historical record: purgative
Reported subject: Historical record: scorpion stings
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
Read the entryPetasites hybridus (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported subject: Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Butterbur: liver risk; no homemade preparation.
Read the entryCassytha filiformis L.
Historical record: inflammation
Reported subject: Historical record: snake bites
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
Read the entryMacfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry
Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported subject: Why this plant appears in the guide
Reported uses, not demonstrated
ANSM List B: safety information; no home use recommended.
Read the entryCentropodia fragilis (Guinet & Sauvage) Cope
Historical record: snake bites
Reported subject: Historical record: snake bites
Reported uses, not demonstrated
Historical record only. Do not prepare or consume this plant based on this notice.
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