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DISCLAIMER: These pages are presented solely as a source of INFORMATION and ENTERTAINMENT and to provide stern warnings against use where appropriate. No claims are made for the efficacy of any herb nor for any historical herbal treatment. In no way can the information provided here take the place of the standard, legal, medical practice of any country. Additionally, some of these plants are extremely toxic and should be used only by licensed professionals who have the means to process them properly into appropriate pharmaceuticals. One final note: many plants were used for a wide range of illnesses in the past, but be aware that many of the historical uses have proven to be ineffective for the problems to which they were applied.

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POISONOUS PLANTS and OTHER TOXIC AGENTS
The following list is composed of those agents known to be deadly. Numbers indicate more than one plant with that name. Please see appropriate page for more information
Abrus Aconite/Monkshood Aconite, Carmichael's Adonis Alder Buckthorn Ambrosia-2 Anemone (all) Apple, Bitter Apple, Balsam Arnica	Arrowwood Arum Asarabacca Ash, Mountain-1 Asthma Weed Baneberry, Red Baneberry, White Bearded Darnel Belladonna Belladonna, Japanese	Birthwort Birthwort, Frail Bittersweet, American Black Cohosh Blackroot Bloodroot Blue Flag Bog Rosemary Bonduc Nut Borax	Boxthorn Boxwood Broom, Scotch Broom, Spanish Bryony Bryony, White Buttercup (all) Butterfly Bush Butterfly Weed Cabbage, Skunk	Calabar Bean Camphor (all) Casca Bark Castor Bean Centipede Columbine Foxglove Hemlock Henbane Jack-in-the-Pulpit	Lily-of-the-Valley May Apple Melon, Bitter Indochinese Peony Poinsettia Pokeweed Stargrass Wormwood

DANGEROUS PLANTS
The following plants have mild to severe cautions attached to their use. Please see appropriate page for more information
Achryanthes Root Alder Buckthorn Alexander, Golden Ambrosia-2 Anemarrhena Angelica Apricot Apricot, Japanese Arsesmart Ashwaganda Asparagus Avens Avens, Water Bahia Powder Barberry, Common Barrenwort Bay Bayberry Bead Tree	Bearberry Bee Pollen Beechdrops Bergamot Bethroot Bindweed Bindweed, Hedge Bindweed, Jalap Birch (all) Bishop Flower Bisnaga Black Cherry Blackberry Lily Bladderwrack Blazing Star Bogbean Boldo Boneset (all) Borage	Broom, Dyer's Broomweed Brucea Buchu Buckwheat Bugleweed Bupleurum Burdock Burnut Butter-and-Eggs Butternut Cactus, Living Rock Cajuput Calendula Canaigre Cannabis Caraway Cardamom, True Cascara Sagrada	Cashew Cat's Claw Cattail Cayenne Cedar, White Celandine Celery Cereus, Night-blooming Chamomile Chervil Chicory Cinnamon Clover, Red Cohosh, Blue Coltsfoot Comfrey Crampbark Echinacea Elder	Ephedra, American Fennel Feverfew Figwort Fo-ti Geranium, Scented Ginkgo Ginseng Ginseng, Siberian Goldenseal Hops Horseradish Juniper Licorice Linden Lobelia Mugwort Mullein Nettle, Stinging	Parsley Poplar, Balsam Poppy St Johnswort Sassafras Sorrel Stoneroot Tansy Thistle, Blessed Walnut, Black Willow (all) Wintergreen Yarrow

PLANTS TO AVOID IF PREGNANT!
Achryanthes Root Alstonia Bark Ambrosia-2 Angelica Barberry, Common Bearberry	Blackberry Lily Bladderwrack Bugleweed Burdock Burnut Butter-and-Eggs	Butternut Cajuput Calendula Calamint Calamint, Lesser Cattail	Celandine Chamomile Cinnamon Clover, Red Cohosh, Blue Coltsfoot	Cumin Fennel Ginger, Wild Goldenseal Parsley Pennyroyal	Sage (all) Tansy Yarrow

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