Use of herbals as galactagogues

Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 222-231

  Zapantis, Antonia ^a   Steinberg, Jennifer G ^a   Schilit, Lea ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HCA   (United States)

Author keywords

galactagogue; herbal; lactation

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; CNICUS BENEDICTUS EXTRACT; COLEUS AMBOINICUS EXTRACT; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; GALACTOGOGUE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS EXTRACT; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; TRIGONELLA FOENUMGRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX AGNUSCASTUS EXTRACT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BORAGO; COLEUS AMBOINICUS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FACE EDEMA; FENUGREEK; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEARTBURN; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; NAUSEA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; PRURITUS; PUERPERIUM; RHINITIS; RHINORRHEA; SIDE EFFECT; SILYBUM MARIANUM; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYNCOPE; THYME; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

EID: 84860148142     PISSN: 08971900     EISSN: 15311937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0897190011431636     Document Type: Article

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