{"id":2614,"date":"2013-04-18T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T03:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturalpathremedies.com\/blog\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2017-10-24T15:20:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T22:20:28","slug":"are-herbs-safe-to-use-during-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.NaturalPathRemedies.com\/blog\/are-herbs-safe-to-use-during-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Herbs Safe to Use During Pregnancy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This relates to a question I received about a pregnant woman being able to use herbs for sluggish bowels, aka constipation. I have added information to include the larger question of using herbs in pregnancy and breastfeeding.<\/p>\n

Health Protection Branch Canada makes herbal companies put warnings on many herbal\u00a0 labels, in fact on just about any formula that has any herb with any hormonal effect.\u00a0 This encompasses a great deal of herbs, as Health Canada, doctors, and the medical industry do not understand the difference between hormones (made only by animals) and phyto hormones (found in plants). So anything they perceive to be of a hormonal nature is generally black listed for pregnancy or breastfeeding.<\/p>\n

This is a shame, because for almost any challenge someone may experience during pregnancy, a herbal option will be far safer than any\u00a0chemical drug , whether prescription or over the counter.\u00a0 You can read\u00a0 how adverse drug reactions<\/strong> have tripled between 1995 and 2005 making them the fourth leading cause of death<\/strong> in the North America, in a previous blog, North American Health or Sickness? <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For one of the most effective herbal laxatives, LBS<\/a><\/strong>, or LB<\/a><\/strong> the liquid form, there is no warning.\u00a0 Even if there was, I would still take this over any chemical based laxative because I know it works, plus I know it has several thousand years of historical safety.\u00a0 I also understand how the health monopoly works, and who Health Protection Branch is protecting. Definitively NOT the public.<\/p>\n

I have studied health full time for more than 35 years, and specifically herbs.\u00a0 I know from experience of helping 10’s of thousands of people that herbs are about 160,000 times safer than any drug<\/strong> – prescription OR over the counter. This figure comes from\u00a0 FDA statistics: 160,000 people die ANNUALLY from legal, approved drug use – not street drugs – zero die from herb use, even when not always taken as directed.<\/p>\n

Any herbal combination that has buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) bark, or wild yam
\n(Dioscorea villosa) root, or about 1000 other herbs may carry a warning – I don’t care – when from a trusted, quality controlled herbal source like NSP,\u00a0 used wisely, they are safe.<\/p>\n

Compare this info on LB-X<\/a><\/strong> , another safe effective herbal laxative to a one of the “safer” medical alternatives, Senokot, a drug most commonly recommended by doctors:<\/p>\n

LB-X Herbal Combination Intestinal System<\/a><\/strong> #1227-4 (100)
\nThis laxative formula has been designed to enhance intestinal functions, a frequent need in our Western society. This combination contains dietary fibre (gives bulk to the stools), iron (digestion and elimination), manganese (for every gland), silica (mineral alterative), and riboflavin (essential to the production of enzymes).<\/p>\n

\u00a0Senokot:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.drugs.com\/sfx\/<\/wbr>senokot-side-effects.html<\/a><\/p>\n

“Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction while taking senna (the active ingredient contained in Senokot) hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.<\/p>\n

Call your healthcare provider at once if you have a serious side effect such as:<\/p>\n