HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS

INTRODUCTIONGOLDENSEAL ,ALSO CALLED ORANGEROOT OR YELLOW ,PUCCOON, IS A

PERENNIAL HERB.

BOTANICAL ORIGIN : HYDRASATIS CANADENSIS

FAMILY: RANUNCULACEAELOCAL NAMES: GOLDENSEAL , ORANGEROOT

PART USED: ROOTS AND RHIZOMESCHEMICAL CLASS: ALKALOIDS

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS

• BERBERINE• CANADINE• HYDRASTINE

SOLUBILITY

• IN WATER (SOLUBLE SLOWLY) • IN ORGANIC SOLVENT (INSOLUBLE IN ETHER)

BIOAVAILABLITY

• DOSES RANGE FROM 500 TO 2000 MG OF THE DRIED EXTRACT, 1 ML LIQUID EXTRACT, OR 2 TO 4 ML, TINCTURE. IT IS OFTEN RECOMMENDED FOR SHORT-TERM USE TO HELP TREAT INFECTIONS AND PROMOTE HEALING.

USES

• MASKING ILLEGAL DRUGS IN URINE TESTS.• ANTI FUNGAL • ANTICATARRHAL• ANTI-DIABETIC

SIDE EFFECTS

• HYPOGLYCEMIA• MUCOSAL IRRITATION

CONTRAINDICATIONS

• CONTRAINDICATED IN PREGNANCY

DRUG INTERACTION

• CYCLOSPORINE INTERACTS WITH GOLDENSEAL.• MEDICATIONS CHANGED BY THE LIVER INTERACTS WITH GOLDENSEAL.

REFRENCES

• HTTP://WWW.WEBMD.COM/VITAMINS-SUPPLEMENTS/INGREDIENTMONO-943-GOLDENSEAL.ASPX?ACTIVEINGREDIENTID=943&ACTIVEINGREDIENTNAME=GOLDENSEAL

• HTTP://MEDICINALPLANTS.US/CATEGORY/GOLDENSEAL• HTTP://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/ PMC1868501• HTTP://WWW.AGR.GC.CA/ › ENG › MEDICINAL-CROPS• HTTP://ABCHOMEOPATHY.COM/ › R.PHP ›