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<strong>WHO</strong> <strong>monographs</strong> on selected medicinal plants
Pregnancy: non-teratogenic effects
Due to the lack of safety data, use of the crude drug during pregnancy is
not recommended.
Nursing mothers
Due to the lack of safety data, use of the crude drug during breastfeeding
is not recommended.
Paediatric use
Due to the lack of safety data, use of the crude drug in children under the
age of 12 years is not recommended.
Other precautions
No information was found.
Dosage forms
Crude drug and extracts.
Posology
(Unless otherwise indicated)
Oral daily dosage: 3–6 g of the powdered crude drug as a decoction (4);
6–9 g in divided doses daily as a decoction (1).
References
1. Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China. Beijing, Chemical Industry
Press, 2005.
2. The Japanese pharmacopoeia XIV, Supplement 2. Tokyo, Ministry of Health
and Welfare, 2003.
3. The Korean herbal pharmacopoeia, IV (English ed.), 2002. Seoul, Korea Food
and Drug Administration, 2003.
4. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part I. Vol. I, 1st ed. New Delhi,
Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of
Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy, 1990 (reprinted 2001).
5. Farnsworth NR, ed. NAPRALERT database. Chicago, University of Illinois
at Chicago, IL (an online database available directly through the University
of Illinois at Chicago or through the Scientific and Technical Network [STN]
of Chemical Abstracts Services), 30 June 2005.
6. Van Valkenburg JLCH, Bunyapraphatsara N, eds. Medicinal and poisonous
plants – 2. Leiden, Backhuys, 2001 (PROSEA. Plant resources of South-east
Asia, No. 12(2)).
7. Al-Yahya MA et al. Saudi plants: a phytochemical and biological approach.
Riyadh, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, King Saud University
Press, 1990.
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