Ingredient Category: Dangerous/banned
Germander
Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys) caused an epidemic of HEPATOTOXICITY in France in the 1990s when marketed as a weight-loss herb [1].…
Digitalis / Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea (foxglove) contains cardiac glycosides (digitoxin, digoxin) — the source of the prescription drug digoxin [1]. Self-administration of foxglove…
Hellebore (Black/White)
Helleborus niger (black hellebore) and Veratrum album (white hellebore) are highly toxic plants containing cardiac glycosides (H. niger) and steroidal…
Greater Celandine
Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) contains isoquinoline alkaloids (chelidonine, sanguinarine) with documented HEPATOTOXICITY [1]. European HMPC initially granted traditional use status,…
Jimsonweed / Datura
Datura stramonium (jimsonweed, thorn apple, devil's weed) contains tropane alkaloids (scopolamine, atropine, hyoscyamine) — the same anticholinergic compounds as belladonna…

