Artemisia: in pregnancy and lactation? (User question)

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User request: I would be very interested to know whether I am allowed to consume artemisia tea during breastfeeding?

We recommend a maternal dosage of 200 mg is considered relatively safe, especially for infants older than 2 months. A transfer into breast milk is minimal and highest after half an hour. If there are concerns, the tea can be drunk, for example, at intervals of several hours before breastfeeding the baby, so that breast milk concentrations are lower. Artemisia teas are rather harmless from a medical point of view, but we do not recommend it during early pregnancy.

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Medicinal herbs in pregnancy and lactation are often controversially discussed.

Is artemisia well tolerated during pregnancy and lactation?

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For example, the semi-synthetic derivative Artesunate, which is used in orthodox medicine and contains metabolic products of Artemisia, could be investigated: 200 mg as oral intake was not detectable in breast milk at any time in subsequent measurements or was below the detection limit. Artemisia metabolites contained therein were detectable at the highest concentration level in breast milk after about half an hour and again not detectable at all after 6 hours.

Overall, the study situation for this particular issue is thin. A maternal dose of 200 mg is considered relatively safe, especially in infants older than two months. We could not find official studies on higher doses.

Dog, Tirana (2009) makes it clear that according to major surveys, about 40% of mothers consume botanical herbs during pregnancy, but often do not talk to their healthcare providers about it to avoid "toasting".

Investigations with pregnant mouse and rat models provide indications during pregnancy, especially early pregnancy, to be careful with artemisia, at least not to exceed therapeutic doses.

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Heinz Lüscher