PATIENT EDUCATION

HERBS: NOT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN

Various authorities on herbal medicine have recommended not using the following herbs as medications or supplements for pregnant women

  • Alder buckthorn

  • Aloe vera (*lotion OK*)

  • American mandrake

  • Angelica

  • Arbor vitae

  • Autumn crocus

  • Balsam pear

  • Barberry

  • Black cohosh

  • Bloodroot

  • Blue cohosh

  • Borage oil

  • Broom

  • Buckthorn

  • Cascara sagrada

  • Castor oil

  • Celandine

  • Chaste berry

  • Chinese angelica

  • Comfrey

  • Cotton-root

  • Dong quai

  • Echinacea

  • Elder

  • Ephedra

  • Fennel oil

  • Feverfew

  • Frangula

  • Ginseng

  • Goldenseal

  • Henbane

  • Hernandia

  • Horsetail

  • Hyptis

  • Kava kava

  • Kelp

  • Licorice root

  • Ma-huang

  • Male fern

  • Mandrake

  • Mayapple

  • Mistletoe

  • Mountain mint

  • Mugwort

  • Pennyroyal

  • Peruvian bark

  • Poke

  • Purging buckthorn

  • Rue

  • Saw palmetto

  • Senna

  • Shepherd’s purse

  • Siberian ginseng

  • Southernwood

  • St. Johnswort

  • Tansy

  • Thuja

  • Trillium

  • Uva ursi

  • Wild carrot seed

  • Wormwood

  • Yarrow

The following herbs should be “used with caution” by pregnant women (may be used in normal food preparation, but not as medications or supplements)

  • Chervil

  • Cinnamon

  • Dill

  • Fenugreek

  • Garlic

  • Ginger

  • Juniper berries

  • Nutmeg

  • Peppermint

  • Saffron

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