Not to be used by pregnant women. May be taken safely in large doses.
May be taken safely in high doses.
Notoginseng root is not to be taken by those taking warfarin, heparin, anticoagulants, ticlopidine.
Notoginseng grows naturally in China and Japan.
Panax notoginseng and Panax pseudoginseng.
Saponins, flavonoids and xylanase.
Not to be used by pregnant women. Find reliable commercial source, it has been suspected that the root of deadly belladonna may have been added to some mixtures of burdoch root.
Not considered toxic, used in China throughout history. Babies may be given codonopsis root to teethe on, also given to children and breast-feeding women.
To be used with caution by people with digestive problems, can swell the belly and cause loose stools. No information on overdose symptoms.
Dried roots, powder and capsules. Tea: boiling and simmering dried root for over an hour, 3-9 g of root daily. Using powder: 1 - 3 g of root can be stirred into tea or juice as a daily serving. And more . . .
Pseudoginseng, and in Chinese it is called Tien qi ginseng, San qi, three-seven root, and Mountain paint.
Considered controversial, safe in therapeutic doses and under the supervision of a medical professional. Pregnant women should be under supervision of a medical practitioner.
Blood and heart tonic, stimulates the immune system, hypotonic, regulates the rhythm of the heart, lowers cholesterol.