Botanicals for final

Question 0

What part of peppermint is used?

Answer 0

Leaf

Essential oil

Question 1

What part of licorice is used?

Answer 1

Root (chewable; before meals)

Question 2

What part of saw palmetto is used?

Answer 2

Ripe fruit
Use capsules
NOT teas

Question 3

What part of pygeum is used?

Answer 3

Bark

Question 4

What part of stinging nettle is used?

Answer 4

Root

Question 5

What part of cranberry is used?

Answer 5

Fruit (juice or powdered extract)

Question 6

What part of vitex is used?

Answer 6

Dried berry extract.

Question 7

What part of black cahosh is used?

Answer 7

Root.

Question 8

What part of artichoke is used?

Answer 8

Whole or cut dried leaves.

Question 9

What is the scientific name for licorice?

Answer 9

Glycyrrhiza Glabra

Question 10

What is the scientific name for peppermint?

Answer 10

Mentha piperita

Question 11

What is the scientific name for Pygeum?

Answer 11

African plum tree

Question 12

What is the scientific name for cranberry?

Answer 12

Vaccinium macrocarpon

Question 13

What is the scientific name for vitex?

Answer 13

Chasteberry

Question 14

What is the scientific name for Red Clover?

Answer 14

Trifolium pratense

Question 15

What is the scientific name for black cahosh?

Answer 15

Cimicifuga rasemosa.

Question 16

What is the scientific name for artichoke leaf?

Answer 16

Cynara Scolymus.

Question 17

What are the risks/contraindications for Licorice?

Answer 17

Liver and severe kidney disorders.

Question 18

What are the risks/contraindications for peppermint?

Answer 18

Liver/gallbladder dz.

Contraindicated in cases of symptomatic gallstones.

Question 19

What are the risks/contraindications for saw palmetto?

Answer 19

Use caution w/ anticoagulants.

Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Question 20

What are the risks/contraindications for Pygeum?

Answer 20

Side effect = GI upset.

No safety concerns.

Question 21

What are the risks/contraindications for Cranberry?

Answer 21

Warfarin can lead to increased bleading.

Salicylate allergy/sensitivity.

Question 22

What are the risks/contraindications for black cahosh?

Answer 22

Not recommended during pregnancy.

Monitor liver function.

Question 23

What are the risks/contraindications for artichoke?

Answer 23

Allergies.

Obstruction of bile ducts.

Question 24

What are the active constituents for licorice?

Answer 24

Glycyrrhizin. | Flavonoids.

Question 25

What are the active constituents for Peppermint?

Answer 25

Menthol.

Question 26

What are the active constituents for saw palmetto?

Answer 26

Fatty acids/sterols.

Question 27

What are the active constituents for Pygeum?

Answer 27

Sterols. | Triterpenes.

Question 28

What are the active constituents for Cranberry?

Answer 28

Flavonoids. Anthocyanins. (Vit. C)

Question 29

What are the active constituents for Red Clover?

Answer 29

Isoflavones.

Question 30

What conditions can you use licorice for?

Answer 30

Peptic ulcer. Gerd. (usually as effective as meds).

Question 31

What conditions can you use peppermint for?

Answer 31

IBS. Non-ulcer dyspepsia. Tension HA (topical).

Question 32

What conditions can you use saw palmetto for?

Answer 32

BPH (widely used).

Question 33

What conditions can you use Pygeum for?

Answer 33

BPH.

Question 34

What conditions can you use stinging nettle for?

Answer 34

BPH.

Question 35

What conditions can you use Cranberry for?

Answer 35

Recurrent UTI prevention in adult women (good alternative for regular antibiotics).

Question 36

What conditions can you use vitex for?

Answer 36

PMS.

Question 37

What conditions can you use red clover for?

Answer 37

Fibrocystic breast dz. | Menopause.

Question 38

What conditions can you use black cahosh for?

Answer 38

Menopause. Dysmenorrhea (?). PMS (?).

Question 39

What conditions can you use artichoke leaf for?

Answer 39

Gallbladder dz.

Question 40

What is the MOA for licorice?

Answer 40

Increase production of gastric protective mucin. | Inhibit H. Pylori.

Question 41

What is the MOA for peppermint?

Answer 41

Carminative. | Antispasmodic.

Question 42

What is the MOA for saw palmetto?

Answer 42

Decrease prostate cell proliferation. Inhibit cox enxymes. Anti-androgenic.

Question 43

What is the MOA for pygeum?

Answer 43

Suppresses epithelial growth factor.

Question 44

What is the MOA for Stinging Nettle?

Answer 44

Anti-proliferative effects. | Decrease effects of androgens.

Question 45

What is the MOA for vitex?

Answer 45

Increase progesterone. | Effects prolactin.

Question 46

What is the MOA for Black Cahosh?

Answer 46

Inhibits LH but not FSH.

Question 47

What is the MOA for artichoke leaf?

Answer 47

Choleretic (increase bile). Hepatoprotectve. Decrease cholesterol. Diuretic.