Caution should be used by diabetics as high doses of marsh mallow may lower blood sugar. Children and infants may take the herb in low doses.
There are no known side effects.
No necessary precautions to observe in the diet.
No particular precautions have been reported as being necessary in using cyperus.
http://faqs.org/faqs/food/candy/peeps/preamble.html "Marshmallow candy dates back to ancient Egypt where it was a honey-based candy flavored and thickened with the sap of the root of the Marsh-Mallow plant (althea officinalis). Marsh-Mallow grows in salt marshes and on banks near large bodies of water. It is common in the eastern United States. Until the mid 1800's, marshmallow candy was made using the sap of the Marsh-Mallow plant. Gelatin replaces the sap in the modern recipes."
Not to be taken during pregnancy.
No special precautions are necessary when cuscuta is used in the doses normally prescribed by herbalists.
"Marshmallow candy dates back to ancient Egypt where it was a honey-based candy flavored and thickened with the sap of the root of the Marsh-Mallow plant (althea officinalis). Marsh-Mallow grows in salt marshes and on banks near large bodies of water. It is common in the eastern United States. Until the mid 1800's, marshmallow candy was made using the sap of the Marsh-Mallow plant. Gelatin replaces the sap in the modern recipes." Today's marshmallows are a mixture of corn syrup or sugar, gelatin, gum arabic and flavoring.
Research is limited, there have been no precautions issued. Be aware of the known side effects of red wine and resveratrol.
Not to be used internally by people with gastrointestinal ulcer or children.
Preferably to be administered under the supervision of a medical practitioner.
Not to be taken by pregnant or nursing women. Use precautions when identifying the herb, often confused with hemlock parsley and poison hemlock.
Nineteenth century doctors combined the cooked juice of the root with egg whites and sugar and whipped the mixture into a meringue that later hardened into a candy, the first marshmallows eaten today.