Red Root Cautions

   Contraindications:
    "Red Root has been used experimentally to improve blood coagulation ( in
    people ) and as an anticoagulant ( in veterinary medicine ). Both uses have been
    discarded, since the effects are tonic to the blood proteins and have no
    predictable drug effect in medical practice. Still, you may wish to avoid it if you
    have overt blood disorders or if you are taking medication that is meant to affect
    blood clotting. If you have specific allergy to aspirin products, you might find
    that some species of Red Root may trigger a mild response. Just out of normal
    conservatism, I would recommend only moderate use during pregnancy.
     In general, there is little information regarding drug reactions with Red Root.
     It is a rather benign but complex herbal medicine, and except to aid lymph
    structure in slow viruses and tonify the spleen during liver and lymph viruses,
    I would suggest not using Red Root if you are under medical care for an overt
    disease. Red Root is for healthy people under stress, not for sick folks under
    treatment-- the best kind of herb." Ref. B p. 218-219