WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants - travolekar.ru

<strong>WHO</strong> <strong>monographs</strong> on selected medicinal plants
Warnings
Do not exceed the recommended dose or duration of treatment (49).
Precautions
Carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, impairment of fertility
No information was found.
Pregnancy: teratogenic effects
No information was found.
Pregnancy: non-teratogenic effects
Due to the lack of safety data, the use of the crude drug during pregnancy
is not recommended.
Nursing mothers
Due to the lack of safety data, the use of the crude drug during breastfeeding
is not recommended.
Paediatric use
Due to the lack of safety data, the use of the crude drug in children aged
under 12 years is not recommended.
Other precautions
No information was found.
Dosage forms
Crude drug, decoctions, extracts and teas.
Posology
(Unless otherwise indicated)
As a mouthwash: 15 ml of aqueous extract three times daily for at least
1 minute per session (26).
For diarrhoea: 500 mg of the powdered leaf three or four times daily (50).
References
1. Ghana herbal pharmacopoeia. Accra, Policy Research and Strategic Planning
Institute, 1992.
2. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information
Network (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory,
Beltsville, MD (available at: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/
html/tax_search.plpsidium+guajava).
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