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| What herbal medicine is used topically for burns, insect bites and other skin lesions? |
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| What is an herbal remedy for ulcerative colitis and other intestinal irritations? |
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Aloe Vera is an herbal remeby for GIT irritations.
Side effects= cramping, diarrhea |
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| Which herbal drug may have an adverse reaction in diabetic patients on oral hypoglycemics? |
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Aloe Vera taken orally for GIT problems: it may decrease blood sugar, thereby promoting hypoglycemia in patients on oral hypoglycemics.
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| What is an herbal drug with similar effect to tamoxifen, raloxifene, or fulvestrant? |
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Black Cohosh.
It binds estrogen receptors. It can be used in patients with breast cancer.
Black cohosh also suppresses LH secretion. |
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| What herbal medicine is used to treat menopausal symptoms? |
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| What natural product can be used to acidify urine and prevent E. coli adherence to the bladder wall (help in UTIs)? |
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| What herbal medicine is commonly used to help treat the common cold, URI or flu? |
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Echinacea
It has antiinflammatory property and is thought to promote macrophage activity against microorganisms!
Echinacea should not be used as a prophylactic, limit its use to treatment and use no more than 2 weeks |
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| A patient with allergies to sunflowers, daisies or ragweed should refrain from taking what herbal medicine? |
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| Echinacea should be avoided by these patients |
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| What herbal drug has positive inotropic and chronotropic effects on the heart? |
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Hawthorn
used in mild CHF and angina |
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| What can be used in the treatment of angina or mild CHF? |
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| Hawthorn, which dilates coronary vessels and has a positive ino- and chronotropic effect on the heart. |
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| What herbal drug should be avoided when taking cardiac glycosides (digitalis), anti-arrhythmics, or beta-blockers? |
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| Avoid Hawthorn when taking drugs for arrhythmias. |
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| What herbal drug is used to treat varicose veins or hemorrhoids? |
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| Horse chestnut seed extract inhibit enzymes that breakdown capillary wall proteins. They are used to help treat varicose veins or hemorrhoids. |
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| Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy can be treated with what herbal remedy? |
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| What herb inhibits the re-uptake of serotonin, NE, and dopamine? |
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| St. John's Wart inhibits catecholamine reuptake. It can therefore be used in depression. |
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| What are adverse reaction to St. John's Wart? |
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| Photosensitivity, xerostomia, sexual dysfunction |
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| Why should St. John's Wart not be given to people on other allopathic medications? |
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St. John's Wart induces the CYP450 system, and therefore increases the metabolism of other drugs!
it also decreases iron absorption, so Fe2+ levels must be watched |
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| What herb is used as a sedative, often before bedtime? |
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| Valerian increases GABA and is used to treat insomnia and anxiety. Take orally 30 minutes before bed. |
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| You should avoid taking valerian with what allopathic medications? |
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| Avoid valerian with CNS depressants... recall, valerian increases GABA, which is a CNS depressant. There will therefore be additive effects with other CNS depressors such as barbiturates, benzodiazepines, alcohol... |
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