RETAILER LIST B: HERBAL SUBSTANCES SUBJECTED TO PRESCRIPTION CONTROL WHEN
USED IN PRODUCTS FOR ORAL CONSUMPTION.
POM – Prescription only medicine
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Herbal
Substance
Botanical Name
Product for Oral Consumption
Aconite
Aconitum napellus (L)
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if it contains 1.3% or more herbal
substance based on mass or volume.
Synonyms:
See also list C.
Wolfsbane;
Monkshood
Note: If in doubt consult with HPRA.
2
African
snakeroot
Rauwolfia vomitoria
Afzel
Prescription Only Medicine
3
Belladonna
Atropa belladonna (L)
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if the herb and/or root provide 1
mg of alkaloids or more in a 24 hour period
(i.e. per daily dose).
Synonyms:
See also list C.
Deadly
nightshade
4
Blue Cohosh
Synonyms:
Note: If in doubt consult with HPRA.
Caulophyllum
thalictroides L.
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if the root is used.
Michaux
See also list C.
Cytisus scoparius ( L)
Link
POM
Squawroot
5
Broom
Synonyms:
(Synonym Sarothamnus
scoparius)
Common Broom;
Scotch Broom;
English Broom
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Cannabis
Cannabis sativa L
Controlled Drug
POM
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Herbal
Substance
Botanical Name
Product for Oral Consumption
Comfrey
Symphytum species
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM when used for oral consumption.
See also list C.
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Common
Ragwort
Senecio jacobaea L
POM
(Synonym Jacobaea
vulgaris)
Synonyms:
Ragweed;
Ragwort;
Benweed; Tansy
Ragwort; Dog
Standard/
Cankerwort;
Stammerwort; St.
James' Wort
9
Croton plant
Croton tiglium (L)
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if the seed and seed oil are used.
See also list C.
10
Fangji
Aristolochia species
POM
Anamirta cocculus (L)
POM
Synonyms:
Mu Tong; Pipe
vines
11
Fishberries
Wight and Arn
(Synonym Cocculus
indicus)
12
Foxglove
Synonyms:
Digitalis purpurea L
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if the Leaf is used.
See also list C.
Common
Foxglove; Purple
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Herbal
Substance
Botanical Name
Product for Oral Consumption
Ginkgo biloba L.
POM
Foxglove; Lady’s
Glove
13
Ginkgo
See also list C.
Synonyms:
Gingko;
Maidenhair tree
14
Goathead
Tribulus terrestris (L)
POM
Synonyms:
Puncturevine
15
Green false
hellebore
Veratrum viride Aiton
POM
16
Hemlock
Conium maculatum L
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if it contains 7.0% or more of the
leaf based on mass or volume.
See also list C.
Note: If in doubt consult with HPRA.
17
Ignatius bean
Strychnos ignatii Berg.
POM
18
Indian snakeroot
Rauwolfia serpentina (L.)
Benth.
POM
ex Kurtz
19
Jaborandi
Pilocarpus jaborandi
Holmes
POM
20
Jasmine
Gelsemium nitidum
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if it contains 25mg or more of the
herbal substance per dose or contains
75mg or more of the herbal substance per
daily dose.
Synonyms:
Carolina
Jasmine;
Carolina
(Synonym Gelsemium
sempervirens)
See also list C
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Herbal
Substance
Botanical Name
Jessamine;
Yellow Jasmine;
Yellow
Jessamine;
Evening Trumpet
flower;
Gelsemium; Wild
Woodbine
Product for Oral Consumption
Note: If in doubt consult with HPRA.
21
Ma Huang
Ephedra species
POM
22
Autumn
Mandrake
Mandragora autumnalis
Bertol
POM
23
Mayapple
Podopyllum species
POM
Podophyllum Resin
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if the product contains 20.0% or
more resin based on mass or volume.
Synonyms:
Podophyllum
24
Mayapple Resin
Synonyms:
See also list C.
Podophyllum
Resin
25
Mistletoe
Viscum album (L)
POM
26
Nux vomica
Strychnos nux vomica L
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if the seed is used.
See also list C.
Synonyms:
Poison nut;
Semen
strychnos;
Quaker buttons;
Strychnine tree
27
Opium poppy
Papaver somniferum (L)
Controlled Drug
POM
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Herbal
Substance
Botanical Name
Product for Oral Consumption
28
Pokeroot
Phytolacca species L
POM
29
Sabadilla
Schoenocaulon
officinale (Schlect &
Cham)
POM
A. Gray
30
Sassafras
Sassafras species
Synonyms:
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if the Bark, root and the oil of the
bark and root is used.
See also list C.
Ague tree;
Cinnamon wood;
Saloop; Saxifrax
31
St. John's wort
Hypericum perforatum
L.
POM
See also list C.
Synonyms:
Hypericum
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White hellebore
Veratrum album (L)
POM
33
Yohimbe
Pausinystalia yohimbe
(K Schum)
Product is always deemed a medicine and
is a POM if the Bark is used.
Pierre ex Beille
See also list C.
Synonyms:
Coryanthe;
Corynanthe;
Johimbe
(Synonym Corynanthe
johimbe)
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