Herbs and supplements that contain caffeine: Wahoo contains caffeine. Using it along with other products that also contain caffeine increases the risk of experiencing caffeine side effects including sleep problems and irritability. Some natural products that contain caffeine include coffee, black tea, green tea, mate, cola, and others. Avoid using wahoo with any of these.
Herbs that contain cardiac glycosides: Wahoo affects the heart. Herbs that contain chemicals called cardiac glycosides also affect the heart. Using wahoo along with any of these herbs increases the risk of heart damage. Herbs that contain cardiac glycosides include black hellebore, Canadian hemp roots, digitalis leaf, hedge mustard, figwort, lily-of-the-valley roots, motherwort, oleander leaf, pheasant's eye plant, pleurisy root, squill bulb leaf scales, star of Bethlehem, strophanthus seeds, and uzara. Avoid using wahoo with any of these.
Horsetail: Horsetail increases the production of urine (acts as a diuretic) and this can cause the body to lose potassium. Wahoo can also cause the body to lose potassium because it is a stimulant laxative. Stimulant laxatives speed up the bowels. As a result, food may not remain in the intestine long enough for the body to absorb minerals such as potassium. This can lead to lower than ideal potassium levels. If potassium levels drop too low, the heart may be damaged. There is a concern that using horsetail with wahoo increases the risk of losing too much potassium and increases the risk of heart damage. Avoid using wahoo with horsetail.
Licorice: Licorice causes the body to lose potassium. Wahoo can also cause the body to lose potassium because it is a stimulant laxative. Stimulant laxatives speed up the bowels. As a result, food may not remain in the intestine long enough for the body to absorb minerals such as potassium. This can lead to lower than ideal potassium levels. If potassium levels drop too low, the heart may be damaged. There is a concern that using licorice with wahoo increases the risk of losing too much potassium and increases the risk of heart damage. Avoid using wahoo with licorice.
Stimulant laxative herbs: Wahoo is a stimulant laxative. Stimulant laxatives speed up the bowels. As a result, food may not remain in the intestine long enough for the body to absorb minerals such as potassium. This can lead to lower than ideal potassium levels. There is a concern that taking wahoo along with other stimulant laxatives herbs can make potassium levels drop too low, and this can harm the heart. Other stimulant laxative herbs are aloe, alder buckthorn, black root, blue flag, butternut bark, colocynth, European buckthorn, fo-ti, gamboge, gossypol, greater bindweed, manna, Mexican scammony root, rhubarb, senna, and yellow dock. Avoid using wahoo with any of these.