What is Alkanna?
Alkanna grows in southern France and on the shores of the Levant. The roots are red, and they have been used as a cloth dye and to tint for tinctures, oils, wines, and varnishes. It is commonly used today as a food coloring. Alkanna has been used traditionally for its wound healing and anti-inflammatory effects.
Side Effects
Angioedema/urticaria, asthma, flu-like symptoms, hemiplegia, migraine headache with fever, nausea, vomiting
Reactions / Interactions
Anti-inflammatories, drugs that increase the risk of bleeding (blood thinners) like anticoagulants (like warfarin (like Coumadin®)), lipid (fat)-lowering drugs, MAOI drugs, beta-sitosterol, or herbs and supplements with similar effects.
What is Alkanna?
Alkanna grows in southern France and on the shores of the Levant. The roots are red, and they have been used as a cloth dye and to tint for tinctures, oils, wines, and varnishes. It is commonly used today as a food coloring. Alkanna has been used traditionally for its wound healing and anti-inflammatory effects.
Side Effects
Angioedema/urticaria, asthma, flu-like symptoms, hemiplegia, migraine headache with fever, nausea, vomiting
Reactions / Interactions
Anti-inflammatories, drugs that increase the risk of bleeding (blood thinners) like anticoagulants (like warfarin (like Coumadin®)), lipid (fat)-lowering drugs, MAOI drugs, beta-sitosterol, or herbs and supplements with similar effects.
Safety
Avoid if allergic or hypersensitive to avocado, banana, chestnut or natural rubber latex. Use cautiously with anticoagulants (like warfarin), Avoid with monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). Doses greater than found in a normal diet is not recommended if pregnant or breastfeeding. Some types of avocado may be unsafe when breastfeeding.
Dosage
Adults (18 years and older)
Fruit: ½ -1 ½ avocado has been used daily for 2-4 weeks to decrease serum lipids. 300g avocado daily has been used as a substitute for other lipids (fats) for seven days. Avocado-enriched diets, with 75% of the fat coming from the avocado, for 2-4 weeks have been used for high cholesterol.
Combination products: 300 or 600mg of the combination product ASU has been used to treat knee osteoarthritis. 300mg/kg of ASU has been used up to three months and six months for hip and knee osteoarthritis. Doses of 300mg/kg for two years have also been studied for hip osteoarthritis. The cream, Regividerm®, made of avocado oil with 82.9mg/kg vitamin E, has been applied twice daily for 12 months for psoriasis
Children (18 years and younger)
Not enough scientific data available.
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