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<strong>WHO</strong> <strong>monographs</strong> on selected medicinal plants
Contraindications
Due to the lack of safety data and the fact that the crude drug has been
used in traditional medicine to induce abortion, its use during pregnancy
or breastfeeding is contraindicated (4).
Warnings
No information was found.
Precautions
Drug interactions
The crude drug may potentiate the effects of barbiturates and reduce the
effects of diazepam and clonazepam (4).
Carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, impairment of fertility
No information was found.
Pregnancy: non-teratogenic effects
See Contraindications.
Other precautions
No information was found.
Dosage forms
Crude drug, extracts and tinctures.
Posology
(Unless otherwise indicated)
Powdered crude drug: 3–6 g of the dried powdered root (1). Orally as an
antistress agent: 250 mg twice daily (15).
References
1. 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).
2. Unani pharmacopoeia of India. Part I, Vol. I. New Delhi, Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, Department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy,
1999.
3. Al-Yahya MA et al. Saudi plants. A phytochemical and biological approach.
Riyadh, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, King Saud University,
1990.
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