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WHO monographs on medicinal plants commonly used in the Newly Independent States (NIS)
Warnings
No information was found.
Precautions
General
No information was found.
Drug interactions
No information was found.
Drug and laboratory test interactions
No information was found.
Carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, impairment of fertility
No information was found on carcinogenesis or impairment of fertility.
Genotoxic activity of the aqueous-ethanolic and saline extracts
has been reported under experimental conditions (see Toxicology
above).
Pregnancy
The use of the herb is not recommended during pregnancy (see sections
on Toxicology and Genotoxicity).
Nursing mothers
No information was found.
Paediatric use
No information was found.
Dosage forms
Comminuted herb used for infusions and other Galenical preparations
for internal use. Juice of the leaves of Plantago major (89).
Posology
(Unless otherwise indicated)
Internal. Granules of dried leaf: 2–4 g three times daily, before meals (38).
Infusion: one tablespoon of an infusion (10 g dried leaf in 200 ml boiled
water for 15–20 minutes) three times daily before meals (89). Liquid extract:
2–4 ml of a liquid extract from dried leaf (1:1 in 25% ethanol) three
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