Bog-bean

Menyanlhes. Buck bean bog bean marsh trefoil water shamrock. Dried leaves Or roots of Menyanthes trifoli-eta L-, Gentianaceae. Habit. Europe. Asia, N America. Constit. Menyanthin. 

Bog bean may cause gastrointestinal irritation, especially in high doses (standard dose listed as a tea made from 0.5 or 1 g of herb in a cup of water) (Weiss and Meuss 2001 Wichtl 2004). 

No information on the safety of bog bean in pregnancy or lactation was identified in the scientific or traditional... 

L. was first isolated in 1884 from an extract of the poison nut tree Strychnos nux-vomica, Loganiaceae). The poison nut tree is indigenous to tropical India and Sri Lanka. L. also occurs in European bog bean (water trefoil) Menyanthes trifoliata, Menyanthaceae) and in... 

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