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Names of Drugs |
Names of Herbs |
Reasons: |
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Tetracyclines |
|
herbs contain calcium sulfate
which may combine with tetracyclines and render it ineffective. |
|
Iron compounds, vitamin B1 |
|
the herbs contain large
amount of tannin acid and may result in tannin salt |
|
Aluminium Hydroxide ,
Aminophylline , Sodium Bicarbonate
|
|
the drugs are alkaline and
the herbs are acidic. |
|
Aspirin |
|
the herbs posses the effect
steroid and aspirin can stimulate the mucus lining of the
stomach |
|
cyclosporine |
|
|
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Digitalis type of drug |
|
the herbs contain calcium
ions and can increase the toxicity of digitalis and can result
in arrhythmia |
|
Digitalis type of drug |
|
the herb can increase the
function of the drug and may cause cardiac exhaustion |
|
Diuretics for expelling
potassium |
|
the herb has
mineralocorticoid effect which can retain sodium and expel
potassium and may cause over expelling K and result in low
overly potassium. |
|
Sulphonamides
|
|
may cause increase of uric
acid crystal formation |
|
Sodim bicarbonate, Aminophylline
, theophyline |
|
lowering the effectiveness of
the drugs |
|
warfarin, heparin
|
|
the use of these herbs may
increase the effect of the blood thinning drugs and can cause
bleeding. |
| phenelzine |
|
induces mania if used with phenelzine. |
| theophyline |
|
|
|
indinavir
(Crixivan) |
|
St. John's Wort has been shown to significantly lower
indinavir (Crixivan) levels by almost 60%.
[1] |
| interferon |
|
risk of interstitial
pneumonia |
| atropin, pepsin, and other
digestive enzymes |
|
contains arsenic, the main ingredient of
xiong huang
雄黃
which is one of the ingredients of liu shen wan. Using it with
atropin can cause oxidation of xiong huang and increases the
toxicity. Using liu shen wan with
digestive enzyme can lower the effectiveness of the digestive
enzyme. |
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