Turnera diffusa, known as damiana, is a shrub native to southern Texas in the United States, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean. It belongs to the family Passifloraceae.Damiana is a relatively small, woody shrub that produces small, aromatic flowers. It blossoms in early to late summer and is followed by fruits that taste similar to figs. The shrub is said to have a strong spice-like odor somewhat like chamomile, due to the essential oils present in the plant.

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<em>Author: Rositsa Tashkova, Master of Molecular Biology and Microbiology</em>

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Herbs To Avoid If You Are Pregnant

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<p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Preclinical studies have been conducted describing <strong>potential embryotoxicity </strong>for certain herbs. An extensive review conducted in 2003 <strong>[<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bdrb.10050" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ref.1</a>] </strong>revealed several studies that scientifically evaluated the safety of herbs, including blue cohosh, ginger, ginkgo biloba, Siberian ginseng, scutellaria (<em>Scutellaria lateriflora</em>), St. John's wort and valerian (<em>Valeriana officinalis</em>). Among them, ginkgo biloba is the only herb for which <strong>teratogenic or embryotoxic </strong>effects are not reported, that is, others can cause abnormalities in fetal development.</span></p>

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<p>Here are which herbs should be avoided during pregnancy, due to the danger of causing <strong>contractions</strong>:</p>

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<ul>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Yarrow</strong> (<em>Achillea millefolium</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong><a href="/p/riezienie_niepoznatata_bilka_za_plosk_koriem" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Fennel</a> </strong> (wild dill, fennel - <em>Foeniculum vulgare</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><strong><a href="/p/khmielt_osnovna_sstavka_na_birata_no_i_bilka_s_mnogho_liechiebni_svoistva" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Hops</span></a> </strong> (<em>Humulus lupulus</em>)</div>
</li>
</ul>

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<ul>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>St. John's</strong> <strong>wort</strong> (<em>Hypericum perforatum</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Chamomile </strong>(<em>Matricaria recutita</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Black and green tea</strong> (<em>Camellia sinensis</em>) - do not exceed 1 cup per day;</span></li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Licorice</strong> (<em>Glycyrrhiza glabra</em>), <strong>Salvia </strong> <em>(sage - Salvia officinalis</em>) and <strong>Thyme</strong> (<em>Thymus vulgaris</em>)<em> </em>- are not safe in the form of tea in large quantities or with long use;</span></div>
</li>
</ul>

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<ul>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Basil </strong>(<em>Ocimum basilicum</em>), <strong>Rosemary </strong>(<em>Rosmarinus officinalis</em>) and<strong> Oregano </strong>(<em>Origanum</em> spp.) - are safe if used as a <strong>spice</strong>, but not as infusion or essential oil;</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Cassia </strong>(<em>Cinnamomum cassia</em>) and <strong>cinnamon</strong> (<em>Cinnamomum verum</em>) - it is not a good idea to take them as tea, but it's safe to use a little as a spice;</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Aloe vera</strong> - if taken internally it is <strong>not safe, </strong>but externally it's safe;</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Red clover</strong> (<em>Trifolium pratense</em>)</span></div>
</li>
</ul>

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<ul>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Cat's</strong> <strong>claw</strong> (<em>Uncaria</em> <em>tomentosa</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Fenugreek </strong>(<em>Trigonella foenum-graecum</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><a href="/p/zhienshient_8_prichini_poradi_koito_kitaitsitie_gho_narichat_kralitsata_na_bilkitie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Ginseng</strong></a> (<em>Panax ginseng</em> and <em>Panax quinquefolius</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Passiflora </strong>(<em>Passiflora</em> <em>incarnata</em>)</span></div>
</li>
</ul>

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<ul>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Juniper</strong> (<em>Juniperus</em> <em>communis</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Rhubarb </strong>(<em>Rheum rhabarbarum</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Castor bean, castor oil plant </strong>(<em>Ricinus</em> <em>communis</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Tansy </strong>(<em>Tanacetum</em> <em>vulgare</em>)</span></div>
</li>
</ul>

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<ul>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Rue, common rue or herb-of-grace </strong>(<em>Ruta</em> <em>graveolens</em></span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Damiana </strong>(<em>Turnera</em> <em>diffusa</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Black and blue cohosh</strong> (<em>Actaea racemosa</em> and <em>Caulophyllum thalictroides</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong><a href="/p/iekstrakt_ot_iednoghodishien_pielin_artemisia_annua_shchie_bdie_izsliedvan_za_aktivnost_srieshchu_covid_19_481480f7_9437_40b5_a59b_5071935e117a" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Wormwood</a> </strong> (<em>Artemisia</em> sp.)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Shepherd's purse </strong>(<em>Capsella</em> <em>bursa-pastoris</em>)</span></div>
</li>
</ul>

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<ul>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Common barberry, European barberry </strong>(<em>Berberis vulgaris</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><strong><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><em>Alchemilla xanthochlora</em></span></strong></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Garden angelica, wild celery and Norwegian angelica </strong>(<em>Angelica archangelica</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Dong quai or female ginseng </strong>(<em>Angelica</em> <em>sinensis</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Roman chamomile</strong> (<em>Chamaemelum nobile</em>)</span></div>
</li>
</ul>

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<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Buckthorn</strong> (<em>Rhamnus</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong><a href="/p/kakvi_sa_prichinitie_za_ugholiemiena_prostata_i_ima_li_liechieniie_s_bilki_e6649524_c6c7_443e_9780_c569c3224f15" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Saw palmetto</a> </strong>(<em>Serenoa repens</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Gotu Kola, kodavan, Indian pennywort or Asiatic pennywort </strong>(<em>Centella asiatica</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Male fern</strong> (<em>Dryopteris filix-mas</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Devil's</strong> <strong>claw</strong><em> </em>(<em>Harpagophytum procumbens</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Motherwort </strong>(<em>Leonurus</em> <em>cardiaca</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Pennyroyal </strong>(<em>Mentha</em> <em>pulegium</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Yohimbe</strong> (<em>Pausinystalia yohimbe</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Boldo</strong> (<em>Peumus boldus</em>)</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div class="bi6gxh9e"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id"><strong>Kava kava</strong> (<em>Piper methysticum</em>)</span></div>
</li>
</ul>

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<p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">A large part of these herbs are not suitable for consumption also during <strong>breastfeeding</strong>.</span></p>

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<p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">As we mentioned, some herbs also play the role of<strong> spices, </strong>and in this form they are safe during pregnancy, since there is no danger of over-doseing.</span></p>

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<p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">These are:</span></p>

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<ul>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Basil</span></li>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Parsley (<em>Petroselinum crispum</em>)</span></li>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Sage</span></li>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Rosemary</span></li>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Dill (<em>Anethum graveolens</em>)</span></li>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Mint</span></li>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Thyme</span></li>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Fennel</span></li>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Ginger (<em>Zingiber officinale</em>)</span></li>
<li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id">Garlic (<em>Allium sativum</em>)</span></li>
</ul>

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<p>It is <strong>important that both patients and doctors</strong> are aware of the potential of herbs and the fact that not every natural remedy is harmless in any case. The perception that if they do not help, then herbs will certainly not do harm is wrong - it is their active substances that we rely on when we use them for treatment, and their action does not stop, even when it can harm the body, and it is important that these cases are prevented by us as intelligent human beings. :)</p>