Contact dermatitis as an adverse reaction to some topically used European herbal medicinal products - part 2: Echinacea purpurea-Lavandula angustifolia

Abstract

This review focuses on contact dermatitis as an adverse effect of a selection of topically used herbal medicinal products for which the European Medicines Agency has completed an evaluation up to the end of November 2013 and for which a Community herbal monograph has been produced. Part 2: Echinacea purpurea Moench-Lavandula angustifolia Mill.

Keywords: Echinacea purpurea; Hamamelis virginiana; Hedera helix; Humulus lupulus; Hypericum perforatum; Juniperus communis; Lavandula angustifolia; adverse drug reaction; contact dermatitis; herbal medicine; phytodermatitis.