Herbs affect on heart someone please answer

[2010Ratchet]

how does ginseng and ginko biloba affect the heart and a marfans person.

[kenkeith]

Ginseng: "Other side-effects can include nausea, diarrhea, headaches, epistaxis, high blood pressure, low blood pressure, and mastalgia. Ginseng may also lead to induction of mania in depressed patients who mix it with antidepressants".

QUOTE: "They have a place.  But I also believe that people should make sure they know what they are doing when using herbs.  Herbal medicine should not be taken lightly, just because it is "natural."

That is also my doctor's opinion when I inquired about a herb!.  Thanks for bringing that information forward and a reminder of those so inclined.

[kay2486]

ginseng is a stimulant and will increase your heart rate, ive not heard of the other

[skydnsr]

Ginseng can cause heart palpitations.  Gingko, as kenkeith notes above, is reputed to have anticoagulant properties.  They both are drug-like herbs with active effects.  They are not placebo-type substances.  Traditional Chinese doctors have been using both of them as medications for thousands of years.  Anybody who takes either one of these herbs should think of it as practicing self-medication.  One should use the same level of caution -- or more so -- with herbs as with prescription pharmaceuticals.  For someone who is totally, 100% healthy, maybe there is adequate margin for error in using these types of nonstandardized medications.  But for someone who already has a significant medical problem, there is probably less margin for error.   I believe that therapeutic herbs should be legal to buy and sell.  They have a place.  But I also believe that people should make sure they know what they are doing when using herbs.  Herbal medicine should not be taken lightly, just because it is "natural."

[kenkeith]

Not FDA approved so you should get a doctor's opinion for the appropriate treatment for the genetic disorder. No indication that it helps wsith marfans. Caution should be especially taken when used alongside medications for high blood pressure, such as ACE-inhibitors, ARBs, or diuretics.

Ginko biloba .Caution should be especially taken when used alongside medications for high blood pressure, such as ACE-inhibitors, ARBs, or diuretics.. Can cause excessive bleeding.  No help for marfans listed.

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