ITM's Herb Safety Articles and Related Concerns

Areca		The Fate of Areca from Abuse to Loss?
Aritolochia/Aristolochic Acid		Are Aristolochia Plants Dangerous?
Asarum		Safety Issues Affecting Herbs: The Case of Asarum
Bee Products (honey, royal jelly, etc.)		Traces of Chloramphenicol in Chinese Bee Products
Blood Pressure/Hypertension		Safety Issues Affecting Chinese Herbs: Herbs That May Increase Blood Pressure
Breast Feeding		On Taking Herbs While Breastfeeding
Cleanliness and Contamination of Herbs		How Clean and Pure are Chinese Herbs?
		Quality Control Measures in Herb Manufacturing: Crude Herb Processing
		Drugs in Imported Chinese Herb Products
		Lead Content of Soil, Plants, Food, Air and Chinese Herb Formulas
Dictamnus		Safety Issues Affecting Herbs: The Case of Dictamnus and Herbs for Skin Diseases
		Alert: Potential Idiosyncratic Liver Reaction to Dictamnus
Ephedra/Ma-huang		Safety Issues Affecting Chinese Herbs:The Case of Ma-Huang
		Ephedrine in Pinellia?
Ginseng		Safety Issues Affecting Herbs: The Case of Ginseng
		The Source of Quintozene Residues in Ginseng
Herb/Drug Interactions		Checking for Possible Herbs-Drugs Interactions
		HIV Drugs and Herb Interactions
		The Interactions of Herbs and Drugs
		Do Herbs, Vitamins, and Antioxidants Adversely Affect Cancer Therapies
		Warfarin and Chinese Medicine
Ho-shou-wu		Potential Rare Liver Reactions to He Shou Wu
Kava		Safety Issues Affecting Herbs: The Case of Kava
		Kava Update
Magnolia		Safety Issues Affecting Chinese Herbs: Magnolia Alkaloids
Organic Cultivation		Organic Herb Cultivation in China
Pinellia		Ephedrine in Pinellia?
Pregnancy		Chinese Herbs and Pregnancy: Where to Draw the Line?
		On Taking Herbs While Breastfeeding
Proposition 65 Labels		Frequently Asked Questions About Proposition 65 Lead Warning Labels
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids		Safety Issues Affecting Herbs: The Case of Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
Reactions to Herbs		Did the Herbs Cause That?
Sanqi		Rare Reactions to a Safe Herb: Sanqi
Stimulant Laxatives		Safety Issues Affecting Herbs: How Long can Stimulant Laxatives Be Used?
Synephrine/Chih-shih		Synephrine: Is Chih-Shih (Zhishi) Toxic?
Usnea		Safety Issues Affecting Herbs: Usnea
Xanthium		Safety Issues Affecting Herbs: The Case of Xanthium

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