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For Joyce: Ginseng
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Dany Gauthier <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 May 1996 10:55:34 -0400
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Hi!

In JAMA 91-04-10, 265 (14):1828, there are numerous letters to the editor
about the maternal use of Ginseng and neonatal androgenization. In the
Medical Letter Vol.21, No.7 (Issue 528), it says:" Ginseng is a popular
health food "remedy"; it contains small amounts of estrogens and was
recently reported to cause swollen and painful breasts (MNG Dukes, BR MED J,
1:1621, 1978; BV Palmer et al, BR MED J, 1:1284, 1978. Other substances may
also be packaged and sold as Ginseng, including mandrake root, which
contains scopolamine, and snakeroot, which contains reserpine (RK Siegel,
JAMA, 237:25, 1977)."

Dany Gauthier IBCLC
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Montreal, Canada
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