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BAD FORMULA COMBINATIONS


BAD FORMULA COMBINATIONS

This is a list of plants that, in tincture form, that should not be mixed.
Tannins generally bind with alkaloids to form insoluble compounds,rendering your Golden Seal / Oak Bark mouthwash rather inert.

PLANTS HIGH PLANTS HIGH
IN TANNINS IN ALKALOIDS

Abies (Spruce) Aconitum (Aconite)
Agrimonia (Agrimony) Argemone (Prickly Poppy)
Alnus (Alder) Berberis vulgaris (Barberry)
Arbutus (Madrone) Cineraria (Dusty Miller)
Arctostaphylos (Manzanita, Uva-Ursi) Coptis (Goldthread)
Betula (Birch) Corydalis
Ceanothus Red Root) Datura (Jimson Weed)
Cinnamomum (Cinnamon) Dicentra (Turkey Corn, Bleeding Heart)
Cola nitida (Cola Nuts) Ephedra vulgaris (Ma Huang)
Ephedra (Ma Huang or Mormon Tea) Eschscholtzia (California Poppy)
Fraxinus (Ash) Garrya (Silk Tassel)
Geranium (Cranesbill, Alum Root) Gelsemium (Yellow Jasmine)
Granatum (Punica, Pomegranate) Hydrastis (Golden Seal)
Guaiacum (Lignum Vit) Hyocyamus niger (Henbane)
Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) Jeffersonia (Twin Leaf)
Heuchera (American Alum Root) Lobelia (all)
Jatropha cineria (Sangre de Drago) Lophophora (Peyote)
Juglans (Walnut, Butternut) Lycium (Wolf Berry)
Krameria (Rhatany) Mahonia (Oregon Grape)
Ligustrum (Privet) Nicotiana (Tobacco)
Myrica (Bayberry) Nuphar (Yellow Pond Lily)
Orobanche (Broomrape) Passiflora (Passion Flower)
Paullinia (Guarana) Peganum harmala (Syrian Rue)
Polygonum bistorta (Bistort Root) Petasites (Western Coltsfoot)
Potentilla (all) Pilocarpus (Jaborandi)
Prunus (Wild or Choke Cherry) Ptelea (Wafer Ash, Hop Tree)
Quercus (Oak) Sanguinaria (Blood Root)
Rheum (Rhubarb) Scoparius (Cytisus, Broom Tops)
Rhus (all) (Sumach) Senecio aureus (Life Root, Squaw Weed)
Rosa (Rose) Solanum carolinense (Horse Nettle)
Rubus (Blackberry, Raspberry) Solanum dulcamara (Bittersweet)
Rumex hymenosepalus (Canaigre) Tribulus (Puncture Vine)
Trillium (dry) Tussilago (Coltsfoot)
Vaccinium (Blue-/Huckle-/Bilberry) Ustilago (Corn Smut)
Xanthium (Cocklebur) Vinca Major (Periwinkle)

Posted by Cougar Tuesday, June 13, 2006 (02:54:41)