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* ❌ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecoline Arecoline]. This odourless oily liquid derived from the areca nut, fruit of the areca palm ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_catechu Areca catechu]), has long been used medicinally as an anthelmintic. | * ❌ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecoline Arecoline]. This odourless oily liquid derived from the areca nut, fruit of the areca palm ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_catechu Areca catechu]), has long been used medicinally as an anthelmintic. | ||
* ✅ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashwagandha Ashwagandha] (Withania somnifera). Also known as Indian ginseng, poison gooseberry, and winter cherry. Several hookworm self-treaters have reported using ashwagandha without issue. One NA host has reported that taking 380mg ashwagandha root and 95mg ashwagandha root extract twice each day for a month appeared not to affect her worms. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1831773386878608/?comment_id=1832855323437081&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] Someone else takes 450 mg ashwagandha x2 per day and reports that his NA are fine, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/2416283988427542/?comment_id=2431728343549773&reply_comment_id=2432787723443835] and a third hookworm host has taken 500mg ashwagandha twice a day without any adverse effect on their worms. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1874049555984324/?comment_id=1875375212518425&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] A naturopathic doctor has also reported that ashwagandha is OK to take while hosting hookworms, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1831773386878608/?comment_id=1832031526852794&reply_comment_id=1833267093395904&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] and someone who is self-treating with human whipworms (TT) has reported that taking a teaspoon of ashwagandha every day did not have any apparent effect on this species. | * ✅ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashwagandha Ashwagandha] (Withania somnifera). Also known as Indian ginseng, poison gooseberry, and winter cherry. Several hookworm self-treaters have reported using ashwagandha without issue. One NA host has reported that taking 380mg ashwagandha root and 95mg ashwagandha root extract twice each day for a month appeared not to affect her worms. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1831773386878608/?comment_id=1832855323437081&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] Someone else takes 450 mg ashwagandha x2 per day and reports that his NA are fine, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/2416283988427542/?comment_id=2431728343549773&reply_comment_id=2432787723443835] and a third hookworm host has taken 500mg ashwagandha twice a day without any adverse effect on their worms. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1874049555984324/?comment_id=1875375212518425&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] A naturopathic doctor has also reported that ashwagandha is OK to take while hosting hookworms, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1831773386878608/?comment_id=1832031526852794&reply_comment_id=1833267093395904&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] and someone who is self-treating with human whipworms (TT) has reported that taking a teaspoon of ashwagandha every day did not have any apparent effect on this species. (Also see the list of concerns and contraindications regarding Ashwagandha in [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/posts/6319449901444245/ this Facebook post].) | ||
*❓ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalus Astragalus]. A chloroform extract of the Astragalus species, [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:477246-1 Astragalus ecbatanus], has been shown to have anthelmintic effects against the protoscoleces (the scoleces of the larval form of tapeworms) of the helminth, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcus_granulosus Echinococcus granulosus]. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36457771/]. However, there have been no reports that either of the forms of astragalus that are sold as food supplements ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalus_propinquus Astragalus membranaceus/Astragalus propinquus] and Astragalus mongholicus) has had an adverse effect on any of the therapeutic helminths. | *❓ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalus Astragalus]. A chloroform extract of the Astragalus species, [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:477246-1 Astragalus ecbatanus], has been shown to have anthelmintic effects against the protoscoleces (the scoleces of the larval form of tapeworms) of the helminth, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcus_granulosus Echinococcus granulosus]. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36457771/]. However, there have been no reports that either of the forms of astragalus that are sold as food supplements ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalus_propinquus Astragalus membranaceus/Astragalus propinquus] and Astragalus mongholicus) has had an adverse effect on any of the therapeutic helminths. | ||