Herbs and their Anticoagulant Properties
Herbs with anticoagulant properties are listed on the left; on the right is the effect of each herb.
- Alfalfa = Coumarin (acts as an anticoagulant)
- Angelica = Coumarin
- Aniseed = Coumarin
- Arnica = Coumarin
- Asafoetida = Coumarin, anticoagulant in vivo
- Bogbean = Hemolytic activity
- Cassla = Inhibits platelet aggregation
- Celery, seed or extract = Coumarin
- Chamomile, German or Roman = Coumarin
- Clove = Eugenol, a powerful inhibitor of platelet activity
- Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) = Fibrinolytic potential
- Evening primrose oil (Primula veris, Primula clatior) = May decrease platelet aggregation and increase thrombolytic activity
- Feverfew = Inhibits platelet aggregation in vitro
- Fucus = Anticoagulant action
- Garlic = May prolong prothrombin time
- Ginger = Inhibition of platelet activity
- Ginkgo = Inhibits platelet aggregation
- Ginseng, Panax = Reduction of blood coagulation/decreases INR
- Horse chestnut = Coumarin
- Horseradish = Peroxidase stimulates synthesis of arachidonic acid metabolites
- Licorice = Inhibition of platelet activity
- Meadowsweet = Salicylate (acts as an antiplatelet agent)
- Melilot = Coumarin
- Poplar = Salicylate
- Prickly ash, Northern and Southern = Coumarin
- Quassia = Coumarin
- Red clover = Coumarin
- Sweet woodruff = Coumarin
- Tonka beans = Coumarin
- Willow = Salicylate