If you overindulge in this supplement, you may also face diminished respiratory function, high fever, kidney problems, and lupus-like symptoms.
Patients with autoimmune diseases such as lupus and multiple sclerosis should be particularly careful, he says.
To be prudent, people with diseases like rheumatoid arthritis or lupus should avoid long-term use of any of the immune-enhancing botanicals.
This suggests that platelets don't necessarily make lupus worse by prodding pDCs, he says, though it doesn't exonerate them.
