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People are fond of saying "it is safe because it is natural" - but this statement underscores the fact that people do not take the potent effect that herbs can have seriously.
The constituents in herbs are powerful, and some herbs should be best avoided in pregnancy as well as during lactation. We have compiled a list of such herbs, for the interest of our visitors, but care should be taken during pregnancy and lactation when taking any medication or supplement, and is best discussed with your health practitioner.
To view our herbal index, please click here and to have a look at our selection of products, please click here. To look at our selection of herbal products please click here.
The list below refers to taking these herbs at therapeutic levels, and not when used in moderation for culinary purposes in cooking or salads, but should you have any adverse effect while taking any herb, discontinue the use, and contact your health practitioner.
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Lactation |
| Angelica root | |
Angelica root |
| Black Cohosh root | |
Black Cohosh root |
| Blessed Thistle herb | |
Blessed Thistle herb |
| Buckthorn bark | |
Buckthorn bark |
| Cascara Sagrada bark | |
Cascara Sagrada bark |
| Chaste Tree fruit | |
Cinnamon bark |
| Cinnamon bark | |
Cinnamon bark - Chinese |
| Cinnamon bark - Chinese | |
Ephedra |
| Echinacea Purpurea herb | |
Garlic |
| Echinacea Purpurea root | |
Ginger root |
| Ephedra | |
Horehound herb |
| Fennel oil | |
Horseradish |
| Fennel seed | |
Juniper berry |
| Fenugreek seed | |
Kava Kava root |
| Ginger root | |
Orange peel - bitter |
| Ginseng root | |
Sage leaf |
| Horehound herb | |
Senna pod |
| Horseradish | |
Uva Ursi leaf | | Juniper berry | | |
| Kava Kava root | | |
| Licorice root | | |
| Motherwort herb | | |
| Myrrh | | |
| Orange peel - bitter | | |
| Parsley herb and root | | |
| Rosemary leaf | | |
| Sage leaf | | |
| Senna leaf | | |
| Senna pod | | |
| Shepherd's Purse | | |
| Thyme | | |
| Turmeric root | | |
| Uva Ursi leaf | | |
| Watercress | | |
| Yarrow | | |
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You are as young as your faith, as old as your fear and as long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer,
courage, grandeur, and power - from the earth, from man and from the Infinite - so long will you stay
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