May be taken safely in high doses.
Notoginseng root is not to be taken by those taking warfarin, heparin, anticoagulants, ticlopidine.
Not to be used by pregnant women. May be taken safely in large doses.
Notoginseng grows naturally in China and Japan.
Panax notoginseng and Panax pseudoginseng.
Cotton root bark has not been identified as producing side effects.
No unwanted side effects are reported with the use of codonopsis.
Saponins, flavonoids and xylanase.
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.
Large doses may cause potassium levels in the body to drop too low. Possibility of allergic reactions.
Can cause diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal pain. Many Chinese herbalists mix this herb with grains-of-paradise fruit, a kind of cardamon, to prevent these side effects.
Blood and heart tonic, stimulates the immune system, hypotonic, regulates the rhythm of the heart, lowers cholesterol.