On Mon, 19 Feb 1996 17:39:07 -0800, Bonita Douglas wrote:
>Cautions in pregnancy from Penelope Ody's book: Home Herbal p.126
>
>"In the first 3 months, avoid medication and do not use the following
>herbs at all during pregnancy: arbor vitae, barberry, basil oil, black
>cohosh, blue cohosh, chamomile oil, Dang Gui, feverfew, goldenseal,
>greater calendine, juniper, lady's mantle, mistletoe, motherwort,
>mugwort, myrrh, pennyroyal, pokeroot, rue, shepherd's purse,
>southernwood, tansy, and wormwood.  Do not take large or therapeutic
>doses of the following during pregnancy: angelica, bitter orange,
>cayenne, celery seed, cinnamon, cowslip, elder bark, fennel, fenugreek,
>ginseng, lavender, marjoram, nutmeg, parsley, rhubarb root, senna, sage,
>tea, thyme, vervain, wild yam, wood betony, and yarrow."

Do you know why senna is contraindicated?  Some OB's are recommending
commercial senna preps for constipation in the third trimester.

Jonathan