More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of Oregon grape for these uses.

An Oregon grape cream seems to be safe for most people when applied to the skin.

Oregon grape might decrease how quickly the liver breaks down some medications.

The chemicals in Oregon grape might help fight bacterial and fungal infections.

There is not enough information to know if Oregon grape is safe when taken by mouth in medicinal amounts.

Oregon grape may also slow the overproduction of skin cells in diseases such as psoriasis.

Oregon grape, a native of western North America, is only grapelike in its edible blue berries.

Oregon grape is applied to the skin for a skin disorder called psoriasis and as a disinfectant.

One of the chemicals in Oregon grape, berberine, may cross the placenta and might cause harm to the fetus.

Angie swung the camera from a clump of Oregon grape to an oddly twisted aspen, trying to still her trembling hands.

Oregon grape is a plant.

Before taking Oregon grape, talk to your healthcare provider if you are taking any medications that are changed by the liver.

Oregon grape might decrease how fast the body breaks down cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune).

Later in the year there were berries, currants, choke cherry and that pretty plant that is used as an ornamental - the Oregon grape.

Other flora include red huckleberry, Oregon grape, pink star flowers, stinging nettles, and other native plants.

Taking Oregon grape along with some medications that are broken down by the liver can increase the effects and side effects of some medications.

One of the most common alternative treatments is berberine sulfate (found in Oregon grape root, goldenseal, yellowroot, and various other plants).

The common name is often (always in the UK) left un-hyphenated as Oregon grape, though doing so invites confusion with the true grapes.

The chaparral features Oregon grape, western fescue, snowberry, bluebunch wheatgrass, and ceanothus.

Other vegetation in the area include knobcone pine, laurel, manzanita, poison oak, blackberry, Oregon grape and salal.

There are several berberine-containing plants that can serve as useful alternatives, including Chinese coptis, yellowroot, or Oregon grape root.

The understory of the forest areas contain vine maple, Oregon grape, salmonberry, huckleberry, and sword fern to name a few.

Oregon grape (also known as Barberry or Berberis aquifolium) contains an anti-inflammatory compound called berberine.

Rocky outcroppings support Manzanita, Scotch Broom, and Oregon grape.

Oregon grape juice can be fermented to make wine, similar to European barberry wine folk traditions, although it requires an unusually high amount of sugar.

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