Herbal Products: Benefits, Limits, and Applications in Chronic Liver Disease

Table 1

Some herbal drugs associated with liver damage.

Herbal	Application	Toxicity (clinical presentation)
Atractylis gummifera	Antiemetic, diuretic, chewing; gum	Acute hepatitis, FHF (fulminant hepatic failure)
Callilepsis laureola	Miscellaneous	Like Atractylis gummifera
Chaparra	Antioxidant, liver and; health tonic, snake bites	Cholestasis, cholangitis,; chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis
Greater Celandine	Dyspepsia, irritable bowel; syndrome	Chronic (cholestatic) hepatitis,; fibrosis
Germander; Teucrium chamaedrys	Weight reduction	Acute and chronic hepatitis,; fibrosis (subacute forms)
Kava	Anxiolytic, sleeping aid	Acute and chronic hepatitis,; cholestasis, FHF
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; (PA)	Herbal tea, contamination; of flour	Veno-occlusive disease
Sassafras	Herbal tea	Hepatocarcinogenesis (animals)
Valerian	Sedative	Mild hepatitis