Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica): Evidence, Safety, Australia
Gotu kola, Indian pennywort (Centella asiatica): what the vein, scar and memory trials found, the rare liver injury reports, and its Australian status.
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Toxicology
Poisonous plants and plant toxins explained by the Australian Institute of Pharmacognosy: how they act, recorded poisonings and look-alike species.
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Elderberry (Sambucus nigra): Cold, Flu and Safety Evidence
Elderberry, black elder (Sambucus nigra): the influenza and air-traveller cold trials, raw berry and sambunigrin safety, and what is sold in Australia.
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Tongkat ali (Eurycoma longifolia): what the trials show
Tongkat ali or longjack (Eurycoma longifolia): the testosterone trials and who funded them, the European safety assessment, and Australian status.
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Valerian (Valeriana officinalis): Sleep Trials, TGA Label
Valerian root (Valeriana officinalis): what the sleep and anxiety trials show, the 16 liver reports behind the TGA label warning, and AUST L listing.
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Kava (Piper methysticum): Australian rules, safety, evidence
Kava or yaqona (Piper methysticum): noble root, the anxiety trials, the liver reports in context, and Australia's food, traveller and medicine rules.
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Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea): cold trials and safety
Echinacea, purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea): what the cold trials show, how it differs from andrographis, daisy-family allergy and Australian rules.
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Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa): perimenopause and safety
Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa, Cimicifuga) and perimenopause: what the hot-flush trials tested, Asian look-alikes, AUST L blends and the liver warning.
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Sutherlandia (Lessertia frutescens): the cancer bush claim
Sutherlandia, 'cancer bush' (Lessertia frutescens): never trialled for cancer in people. What the HIV trial found, drug interactions and Australian law.
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Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera): the TGA liver warnings
Ashwagandha, withania (Withania somnifera): what the TGA liver warnings say, what the stress and sleep trials show, and root versus leaf in Australia.
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Indian barberry (Berberis aristata): the berberine evidence
Indian barberry, daruharidra, berberine (Berberis aristata): the weight-loss arithmetic, the CYP and ciclosporin interactions, and the Australian status.
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa): Spice, Supplement and the Liver
Turmeric and curcumin (Curcuma longa): why the spice and the capsule differ, the rare liver injury cases, and Australia's mandatory label warning.
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Soursop (Annona muricata): The Graviola Cancer Claim
Soursop, graviola (Annona muricata): what the leaf tea is used for, what the one human cancer trial actually measured, annonacin, and the Australian law.