Herblore - Safety

The lists below are not all-inclusive, but will provide a general guideline of
some of the most commonly used western herbs.

When used in cooking, occasional use of the culinary herbs listed below
is considered safe.

If you are in doubt about an herb's safety, please call the Herb Lore office toll free at 1-877-808-5815 and we will be happy to provide as much information as possible.

This information is provided courtesy of Herb Lore www.herblore.com

Herbs to Avoid During Pregnancy
Angelica Root Basil Beth Root Birthroot Black Cohosh Black Walnut Bladderwrack Blessed Thistle Blue Cohosh Blue Vervain Boneset Borage Buchu Buckthorn Burdock Root Butcher's Broom Butternut Calendula California Poppy Cascara Sagrada Catnip Chaparral Cinnamon Coltsfoot Comfrey Leaf Comfrey Root Cotton Root Bark Damiana Dong Quai Elecampane Ephedra	False Unicorn Fenugreek Feverfew Ginger (in large amounts) Ginseng (Siberian Ginseng aka Eleuthero is fine, except for those with high blood pressure) Goldenseal Gotu Kola Hops Horehound Horsetail Hyssop Jamaican Dogwood Juniper Berry Kava Kava Root Kelp Lemon Balm Lemon Grass Licorice Root Lobelia Lovage Ma-Huang Marijuana Mistletoe Motherwort Mugwort Myrrh Oregon Grape Rt. Osha Root	PN6 Capsules/Tea Parsley Passionflower Pau 'd Arco Pennyroyal Pleurisy Root Poke Root Red Clover Rosemary Rue (Ruta graveolens) Saffron Sage Sarsaparilla Sassafras Saw Palmetto Senna Shepherd’s Purse Skunk Cabbage St. John’s Wort Sumac Tansy Thyme Turkey Rhubarb Turmeric Uva Ursi Vitex Wild Cherry Bark Wormwood Yarrow Any herb used as a laxative.

Herbs to Avoid During Lactation
Black Cohosh Black Walnut Bladderwrack Borage Buchu Buckthorn Cascara Sagrada Chaparral Coltsfoot Comfrey Leaf Comfrey Root Damiana Elecampane Ephedra	Ginseng (Siberian Ginseng aka Eleuthero is fine, except for those with high blood pressure) Goldenseal (in jaundiced newborns) Horsetail Jamaican Dogwood Juniper Berry Kava Kava Root Kelp Licorice Root Ma-Huang Mugwort Myrrh Oregon Grape Root (in jaundiced newborns)	Parsley (reduces milk supply) Pleurisy Root Rue Sage (reduces milk supply) Sarsaparilla Saw Palmetto Senna Sumac Turkey Rhubarb Uva Ursi Wormwood

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Herbs to Avoid During Pregnancy