Goldenseal 60capsules

Description

Other Names:

Ranunculaceae (buttercup family) / Yellow Root / Hydrastis / Eye Balm / Eye Root / Ground Raspberry / Indian Dye / Jaundice Root / Orange Root / Yellow Puccoon

Botanical Description:

• A small, perennial plant usually cultivated but also found wild in rich, shady woods and damp meadows from Connecticut to Minnesota and southward.
• A thick, knotty, yellow rootstock sends up a hairy stem, about a foot high, with two palmately five0lobed, serrate leaves near the top.
• The stem is topped by a small, solitary, apetalous flower whose greenish-white sepals fall away when the flower opens.
• The fruit resembles a raspberry and consists of fused, two-seeded drupes.

Part of Plant Used:

• Root

Main Uses:

• A herbal food supplement traditionally used by the Australian Aborigines and American Cherokee for a variety of ailments.
• It is anti-microbial and beneficial for digestive problems, maintaining healthy gut flora, colds and flu, menstrual and menopausal problems.
• Animal and laboratory research suggests that the goldenseal component berberine has effects against bacteria and inflammation.
• One study suggests that berberine in addition to a standard prescription drug regimen for chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) may improve quality of life and decrease ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) and mortality.

Contra-indications:

• Allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients.
• In high doses, goldenseal can irritate the skin, mouth, throat, and vagina. If any of these develop, stop taking immediately.
• It may cause nausea and diarrhea. If any of these develop, stop taking immediately.
• Do not use goldenseal without consulting a physician if you have had heart disease, diabetes, glaucoma, a stroke, or high blood pressure. It stimulates the heart muscle, and the result is increased blood pressure.
• Golden Seal should not be used by individuals with hypoglycemia.
• Goldenseal is contraindicated in patients with CV disease, particularly arrhythmias, heart failure, or hypertension, and in pregnant patients.
• Monitor for signs of vitamin B deficiency (angular stomatitis, cheilosis, glossitis, infertility, megaloblastic anemia, peripheral neuropathy, seborrheic dermatitis, and seizures).
• Alert Death can result from the ingestion of large alkaloid doses. Symptoms of overdose include depression, exaggerated reflexes, GI upset, nervousness, and seizures that progress to respiratory paralysis and CV collapse.