Black catechu Herb - Uses And Side Effects
Black catechu was popular in the United States and abroad during the mld.180 and early 1900s. In some parts of the world, people still use it to treat diarrhea and prevent pregnancy.
Black catechu is prepared as a dried extract from the heartwood of Acacia catechu, a tree native to Burma and Eastern India and naturalized in Jamaica . The extract is prepared by boiling heartwood pieces in water, evaporating the mixture to a syrup, and cooling it to molds, which are then broken into pieces.
Don't confuse black catechu with pale catechu, which comes from a different plant. Pale catechu is used in the dye industry and as a veterinary astringent.
Common doses of Black catechu
Black catechu is available as:
Some experts recommend the following doses:
Why people use Black catechu herb
Side effects of Black catechu
Call your health care practitioner if you experience any of these possible side effects of black catechu:
Using non standardized black catechu products that contain large amounts of inactive ash and aflatoxin (a fungal contaminant) can cause aflatoxin contamination, a condition associated with certain cancers.
Combining herbs with certain drugs may alter their action or produce unwanted side effects. Don't use black catechu when taking:
Also, tell your health care practitioner if you're taking iron containing products, which aren't compatible with black catechu.
Important points to remember
What the research shows
Although black catechu has possible medical uses medical experts can't recommend it for any condition until they know more about its risks and benefits. The herb hasn't been clinically tested in humans and its value in treating chronic diarrhea hasn't been proven. What's more, researchers don't know if black catechu is toxic.
Although some women with cracked nipples have used black catechu, scientists don't know if these women were breastfeeding at the time and thus couldn't determine whether the herb can harm breast-fed infants.
Other names for Black catechu : -
Other names for black catechu include acacia catechu, acacia di cachou, acacie au cachoul, amaraja, cake catechu, catechu, cutch, erh-ch'a, hai-erh-ch'a, kadaram, katechu akazie, katesu, khair, pegu katechu, and wu-tieh-ni.
Products containing black catechu are sold under such names as Diarcalm, Elixir Bojean, Enterodyne, Hemo Cleen, Katha, Shanti Bori (used in rural Bangladesh as an oral contraceptive component), and Spanish Tummy Mixture.
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