* Diabetes patients should also avoid using this herb.
* Always inform your health care professional of any medications, vitamins or herbs that you are taking, and find a reputable source to ensure that your supplements are high quality.
* Elecampane oil should not be confused with Inula graveolens ([[Inula essential Essential Oil]]); both oils have been referred to as ‘inula oil’.
==The benefits of Elecampane are==
Elecampane constituents are inulin, mucilage, volatile oil (helenin, camphor, alantol), alantoic acid, a thymol derivative, sesquiterpene lactones (including alantolactone, isoalantolactone), triterpenoid saponins, sterols, and bitter principles (possibly including dammaradienol, stigmasterol, friedlin), resin, pectin, and possible alkaloid. Its actions are expectorant, anti-tussive, sedative, anthelmintic, diaphoretic, stomachic, antifungal, antiparasitic, relaxant, warming, tonic, alterative, diuretic and anti-bacterial.