Eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice can affect some medicines. In most cases, it increases the level of the medicine in your blood. This can increase the risk of side effects or alter the effect that the medicine has.
Health Benefits and Therapeutic Uses of Buckthorn. 1  The plant helps clean toxins from the body. 2  It can be strongly purgative and it is therefore used in the treatment of constipation. In some cases, where a patient has had rectal surgery, this herb is given so that the patient has soft stools that do not aggravate the surgery area.
As an adaptogen, suma root may increase endurance and speed the recovery of the central nervous system and muscles from training. Additional benefits of suma root supported by research are that it may boost immune system function, boost sexual function, and act as an anti-inflammatory. Research has also suggested that suma root may have anti-cancer properties. Suma root definitely has some benefits to the athlete.