Southern Prickly Ash
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Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, Hercules' club, pepperbark, West Indian yellowwood, Fresno Espinoso del Sur, Prickly Ash, Prickly Yellow Wood, Sea Ash, Toothache Tree, Xanthoxylum
Southern prickly ash is a plant. The bark and berry are used to make medicine.
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Special Precautions of Southern Prickly Ash
- The BARK of southern prickly ash may be safe when used as a medicine. The safety of the BERRY is not known. The potential side effects of southern prickly ash are not known.
- Pregnancy and breast-feeding: It’s UNSAFE to use southern prickly ash if you are pregnant. It might start your menstrual period and that could harm the pregnancy.
- It’s also best to avoid southern prickly ash if you are breast-feeding. It might cause colic in a nursing infant.
- Liver disease: There is some concern that southern prickly ash might affect the liver.
- Antacids interacts with Southern Prickly Ash.
- Medications that decrease stomach acid (H2-Blockers) interacts with Southern Prickly Ash
- Medications that decrease stomach acid (Proton pump inhibitors) interacts with Southern Prickly Ash
The benefits of Southern Prickly Ash are
- Menstrual cramps.
- Blood circulation problems in the legs (intermittent claudication).
- Blood circulation problems in the fingers (Raynaud's syndrome).
- Joint pain.
- Toothache.
- Fever.
- Sores.
- Ulcers.
- Cancer : one of the ingredients in “Hoxsey cure” for cancer.
