| | hazardous | |
contained in |
dangers |
status |
| 1 |
Aristolochic acid |
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birthwort, snakeroot, snakeweed, sangree root, sangrel, serpentary, serpentaria, asarum canadense, wild ginger |
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(14) Potent human carcinogen, kidney failure,
sometimes requiring transplant, deaths reported |
FDA issued public warning in 2001 |
| 2 |
comfrey |
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symphytum officinale, ass ear, black root, blackwort, bruisewort, consolidate radix, consound, gum plant, healing herb, knitback,
knitbone, salsify, slippery root, symphylum radix, waliwort |
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Causes abnormal liver function or damage, often irreversible,
deaths reported |
semi available; semi condemned by companies |
| 3 |
Androstenedione
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4-androstene-3, 17-dione, andro, androstene |
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increased cancer risk, decrease in HDL cholesterol |
athletic ban; FDA warned 23 companies to stop marketing March'04 |
| 4 |
Chaparral
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Larrea divaricata, creosote bush, greasewood, hedionilla, jarilla, larreastat |
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Abnormal liver function or damage, often irreversible; deaths reported |
available as REHEMOGEN from Young Living Essential Oils |
| 5 |
Germander |
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Tercrium chamaedrys, wiall germander, wild germander |
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(6) Abnormal liver function or damage, often irreversible; deaths reported
|
available |
| 6 |
Kava |
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Piper methysticum, ava, awa, gea, gi, intoxicating pepper, kao, kavaln, kawa-pfeffer, kew, long pepper, malohu, maluk, meruk, milik rauschpfeffer, sakau, tonga, wurzelstock, yagona, yangona |
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Abnormal liver function or damage, often irreversible; deaths reported
|
available |
| 7 |
organ/glandular extracts |
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brain/adrenal/pituitary/placenta/other gland “substance” or concentrate |
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Theoretical risk of mad cow disease, particularly from brain extracts
|
available |
| 8 |
Lobelia |
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Lobelia inflata, asthma weed, bladderpod, emetic herb, gagroot, lobelie, indian tobacco, pukeweed, vomit wort, wild tobacco |
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breathing difficulty, rapid heartbeat, low blood pressure, diarrhea, dizziness, tremors, possible deaths reported
|
available |
| 9 |
Pennyroyal oil |
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Hedeoma pulegioides, lurk-in-the-ditch, mosquito plant, piliolerial, pudding grass, pulegium, run-by-the-ground, squawmint, stinking balm, tickweed |
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Liver and kidney failure, nerve damage, convulsions, abdominal tenderness, burning of the throat, deaths reported
|
available |
| 10 |
scullcap |
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scutellaria lateriflora, blue, pimpernel, helmet flower, hoodwort, mad weed, mad-dog herb, mad-dog weed, quaker bonnet, scutelluria, skullcap |
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Abnormal liver function or damage
|
available |
| 11 |
Yohimbe |
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Pausinystalla yohimbe, johimbi, yohimbehe, yohimbine |
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change in blood pressure, heart arrythmias, respiratory depression, heart attack; deaths reported |
available |
| 12 |
bitter orange |
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citrus aurantium, green orange, kijitsu, neroll oil, Seville orange, shangzhou, zhiqiao, sour orange, zhiolao, zhi xhi |
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High blood pressure; increased risk of heart arrythmias, heart attack, stroke
|
available |
