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Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Red Root Sage) — Class 1 (AHP). Not
covered (KOM). Tinctures may cause pruritus, reduced appetite, or stomachache (AHP). Dan Shen
increases prothrombin time after warfarin; dangerous to take with coumadin (J. Emerg. Med.
18(1):22). Scarcely toxic (LAF).
Extracts (Red Root Sage) — Aqueous extract LD50 = 80,500 mg/kg ipr mus (HH2). (Kyeong-
Man; 1999). Inhibition of mast cell degranulation by tanshinones from the roots of Salvia
miltiorrhiza. (Planta Medica 65: 654–5; 1999). The author found that four diterpene tanshinones
were involved in inhibiting beta-hexosaminidase (an enzyme released with histamine when mast
cells are immunologically activated). He also confirmed the inhibition of mast cell degranulation
of an allergen IgE response-evoked cell sample. Cells were treated with the tanshinones for only
10 minutes. 15,16-dihydrotanshinone had the greatest antiallergic activity, more so even than
quercetin, but less so than clinically used pharmaceuticals such as azelastine and ketotifen.
(Kyeong-Man, 1999).RED SANDALWOOD (Pterocarpus santalinus L. f.) ++JLH and IHB combined medicinal activities P. indicus Willd. and P. santalinus L. f.Activities (Red Sandalwood) — Alexeteric (f; KAB); Analgesic (f; HHB); Anticonvulsant (1;
HH3); Antidiabetic (1; PH2); Antiexudative (1; PH2); Antipyretic (f; KAB; SUW); Antispasmodic
(1; PH2); Aphrodisiac (f; KAB); Astringent (f; SUW; WOI); CNS Depressant (1; HH3; PH2);
Depurative (f; EFS; KAB); Diaphoretic (f; SUW; WOI); Expectorant (f; KAB); Fungicide (1; WOI);
Hypoglycemic (1; HHB); Insecticide (1; PH2); Nematicide (1; HH3); Tonic (f; SUW; WOI);
Tranquilizer (1; HH3).Indications (Red Sandalwood) — Biliousness (f; SUW; WOI); Bleeding (f; KAB); Boil (f; DEP;
IHB; SUW); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer, abdomen (f; JLH); Cancer, colon (f; JLH); Cancer, mouth
(f; JLH); Candida (1; IHB); Cholecystosis (f; HH3; PH2); Convulsion (1; HH3); Cramp (1; PH2);
Debility (f; HH3); Dermatosis (f; SUW; WOI); Diabetes (1; PH2; PNC); Diarrhea (f; PH2);
Dysentery (f; DEP; KAB; SKJ; WOI); Enterosis (f; JLH); Fever (f; DEP; HH3; KAB; PH2; SUW;
WOI); Fungus (1; WOI); Gastrosis (f; PH2); Headache (f; DEP; HHB; PH2; SUW; WOI); Hemi-
crania (f; KAB); Hyperglycemia (1; HHB); Infection (1; WOI); Inflammation (f; SKJ; SUW; WOI);
Metrorrhagia (f; KAB); Mycosis (1; WOI); Nervousness (1; HH3); Ophthalmia (f; DEP; PH2;
SUW); Pain (f; HHB); Prickly Heat (f; IHB); Snakebite (f; PH2); Sore (f; IHB); Stomatosis (f;
IHB JLH); Swelling (f; JLH; SUW); Syphilis (f; IHB); Toothache (f; PH2); Ulcer (f; PH2); VD
(f; IHB); Vomiting (f; PH2).Dosages (Red Sandalwood) — 5 g tincture (200 parts powdered wood/1000 parts ethanol) (PH2).Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Red Sandalwood) — Class 1. In the United
States, it is allowable as flavor in alcoholic beverages only (AHP). “Hazards and/or side effects not
known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2).RED VALERIAN (Centranthus ruber (L.) DC.) ++Synonym: Valeriana rubra L.
Activities (Red Valerian) — Equilibratory (1; PH2); Sedative (1; HHB; PH2).
Indications (Red Valerian) — Insomnia (1; HHB; PH2); Nervousness (1; HHB; PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Red Valerian) — Not covered (AHP). “Haz-
ards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (not given) (PH2).