Drug & supplement interaction

Indian Cassia + Dicloxacillin Injection

Dicloxacillin Injection brand name: Dynapen Injection.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated June 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 13, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Indian Cassia and Dicloxacillin Injection in our sources. Absence of a documented interaction is not the same as proven safety, and does not guarantee one does not exist. Do not start, stop, or change a medication or supplement based on this page; confirm with your pharmacist or doctor first. Additionally, although there is no interaction, the label for Dicloxacillin Injection states a food rule worth keeping to.

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Indian Cassia and Dicloxacillin Injection

We checked these two against our interaction database. Here is what we found.

No Known Interaction Found

We did not find a documented interaction between Dicloxacillin Injection and Indian Cassia in our sources. This does not guarantee that the combination is completely free of risk — there is often limited research on supplements and herbal products, especially around drug interactions.

If you decide to take both, the practical routine is simple: add one new thing at a time and note the date you started it. If the combination is going to disagree with you, it usually shows in the first days to a couple of weeks — and a start date turns “I’ve been feeling off” into something a pharmacist can actually work with. Do not stop a prescribed medicine on your own.

Always talk with your pharmacist or doctor before making changes to your medications or supplements, particularly if you take several medications or have an ongoing health condition.

Indian Cassia safety at a glance

Indian Cassia overall Use caution Generally safe as a food spice, but concentrated supplements and oils are not well studied.
Pregnancy Use caution Food amounts are likely fine, but avoid medicinal or concentrated doses without medical advice.
Breastfeeding Use caution Food amounts are likely fine, but safety of concentrated forms is unknown.

Safety guidance is general; always confirm with your pharmacist or doctor for your situation.

Still wondering about combining Dicloxacillin Injection and Indian Cassia? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Dicloxacillin Injection

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Dicloxacillin Injection is filed under 3 classifications — antibiotic drugs, nephrotoxic drugs, seizure threshold lowering drugs. Indian Cassia has documented interactions with 2 drug classes — the most serious being antidiabetes drugs (moderate) and diuretic drugs (moderate) — and none of Dicloxacillin Injection’s classifications are among them.

Classification data comes from our licensed Natural Medicines dataset. A medication can belong to classes beyond those recorded there, so this describes how the check was run — it is not a safety guarantee.

Keep it in perspective

Indian Cassia Does Interact With Other Medications

Indian Cassia has 161 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Dicloxacillin Injection isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

Moderate 161 No known interaction 2,669 (incl. Dicloxacillin Injection)
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What to actually watch for

What Dicloxacillin Injection’s Own FDA Label Lists

This is not an interaction — none of it involves Indian Cassia. These are the most notable effects listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of Dicloxacillin Injection’s own FDA label, for the medication by itself. Knowing the drug’s own list makes it easier to work out the likely cause if something new turns up while you take both. 10 of them are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Wheezing Worth acting on
  • Confusion Worth acting on
  • Seizures Worth acting on
  • A low platelet count Worth acting on
  • Kidney problems Worth acting on
  • Anemia Worth acting on
  • Hives Worth acting on
  • A low white blood cell count Worth acting on
  • Liver problems Worth acting on
  • An allergic reaction Worth acting on

Showing the 10 most notable of 23 label-listed effects — ranked by how unusual each one is across medicines generally, with serious effects weighted up.

From the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Dicloxacillin Injection. Read the label on DailyMed › Indian Cassia’s licensed record lists no adverse effects our clinical vocabulary could match, so there is no Indian Cassia side to compare — that is a limit of the record, not a statement that Indian Cassia has no side effects.

How to take them

Some Dicloxacillin Injection Products Have a Food Rule — Indian Cassia Should Not Break It

At least one FDA label for a product containing Dicloxacillin Injection says to take it on an empty stomach. Most supplements — Indian Cassia included — are taken with a meal, so the easy mistake is swallowing both together at breakfast. Where that rule applies, keep Dicloxacillin Injection on its own and move Indian Cassia to a meal later in the day.

This may not be true of your version. Food instructions belong to the product, not the ingredient: two Dicloxacillin Injection products can carry different directions, and extended-release forms often differ from immediate-release ones. The label we read is quoted below — check the directions on your own box or bottle, or ask your pharmacist, for how to take the exact product you were given.

Patients weighing less than 40 kg (88 lbs) DRUG ADULTS CHILDREN Mild to Moderate Severe Mild to Moderate Severe Dicloxacillin 125 mg every 6 hours 250 mg every 6 hours 12.5 mg/kg/day 1 in equally divided doses every 6 hours 25 mg/kg/day 1 in equally divided doses every 6 hours Dicloxacillin is best absorbed when taken on an empty stomach, and should be administered at least 1 hour before or 2 hour

From the Dosage and Administration section of the FDA label we read for Dicloxacillin Injection — where that label names a specific product, the instruction is that product's. Read the label on DailyMed ›

A food rule is not an interaction — it is about how much of the medicine you absorb. The directions that came with your own product, and your pharmacist, outrank anything on this page.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Dicloxacillin Injection

This page covers Indian Cassia only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Dicloxacillin Injection page lists 39 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Asarabacca (major), Siberian Cocklebur (major), Aristolochia (moderate), Bacillus Coagulans (moderate) and Bacillus Subtilis (moderate).

By severity: 2 major · 35 moderate · 2 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Dicloxacillin Injection page

“Dicloxacillin Injection (Dynapen) is a penicillin antibiotic used against serious bacterial infections, and this list earns real caution, chiefly for its two major-rated entries. Siberian cocklebur and asarabacca can each damage the kidneys, and pairing them with other kidney-stressing substances risks compounding that harm, so I would…”

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One more smart check

Taking Indian Cassia as Part of a Dietary Supplement Product? Check It for Interactions

We hold 31 real supplement products containing Indian Cassia, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Indian Cassia. Even though Indian Cassia itself has no known interaction with Dicloxacillin Injection, another ingredient on your label might. Find your product and we’ll check every ingredient on its label:

How much people look this up

Where Indian Cassia and Dicloxacillin Injection Sit Against Everything Else

Out of every supplement and medication people look up on HelloPharmacist, here is where these two land this week — and which way each has been moving.

Supplement Indian Cassia
Top 25%

#355 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Dicloxacillin Injection
Top half

#1,098 of 2,830 medications looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today

Position among everything looked up on this site, not a measure of how commonly either one is used or how important it is. A supplement can climb this list because of a news story. It counts every request to the page, automated ones included, and nothing here identifies anyone.

Where does our data come from?
  • Source: the Natural Medicines (TRC Healthcare) clinical database — the evidence-graded professional reference for herb & supplement interactions.
  • Citation library: 103,510 references behind our interaction content, 65,311 of them resolved to verified PubMed/DOI sources. See every Indian Cassia reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Indian Cassia and Dicloxacillin Injection records this page draws on were last updated June 22, 2026.
  • What “no known interaction” means: no documented interaction in the sources above — not a guarantee of safety. Supplements are studied far less than prescription drugs, so we say exactly what the evidence supports, and nothing more.
Data structure & sourcing designed and verified by .
Supplement

About Indian Cassia

What is Indian Cassia?

  • Flavoring food
  • Digestive upset
  • Blood sugar support
  • Cold and cough relief
  • Antimicrobial

Indian Cassia (Cinnamomum tamala), also known as Indian bay leaf or tejpat, is an aromatic leaf used widely as a cooking spice and in traditional medicine across South Asia. Human evidence for its health benefits is very limited, so it is best enjoyed as a culinary spice rather than relied on to treat any condition. Used as food it is generally well tolerated, but talk to your pharmacist or doctor before using concentrated supplements or oils.

Cinnamomum tamala · Lauraceae · Leaves (often called tejpat or Indian bay leaf) and bark · Whole dried leaves used in cooking, powder, tea, and essential oil

An interaction check asks whether these two react with each other — it does not ask whether Indian Cassia is a good idea for someone in your situation. Here is what our Indian Cassia record says about it on its own.

Indian Cassia: dosing

There is no established standardized medicinal dose for Indian Cassia. As a spice, people use small amounts of the dried leaf to flavor cooking, which is the most common and best-understood use.For capsules, powders, teas, or oils, follow the directions on the product label, since strength varies between products.

From our Indian Cassia monograph — the full record covers uses, side effects and every documented interaction.

Read the full Indian Cassia monograph & all interactions
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Indian Cassia

Browse every other medication we’ve checked against Indian Cassia — both the ones with a known interaction and the ones without. Select any drug for the full detail.

0Major
161Moderate
0Minor
2,668No known interaction
161 Moderate 2,668 No interaction
Moderate

161 interactions

Showing 60 of 161 moderate interactions — see all 161 on the Indian Cassia page.

No interaction 2,668 drugs checked — show the list

We also checked Indian Cassia against these medications and found no known interaction in our sources. Open any page to confirm.

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,668 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Indian Cassia list.

See the full Indian Cassia interactions page
See every supplement checked against Dicloxacillin Injection, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Indian Cassia References

The 3 references that drive our Indian Cassia monograph and interaction data, from the evidence-graded Natural Medicines (TRC Healthcare) database. Citations with a link open the study on PubMed or the publisher’s site.

  1. Singh TN, Upadhyay BN, Tewari CM, Tripathi SN. Management of diabetes mellitus (prameha) with inula racemosa and cinnamomum tamala. Anc Sci Life. 1985 Jul;5(1):9-16.
  2. Rahman M, Khatun A, Islam MM, et al. Evaluation of antimicrobial, cytotoxic, thrombolytic, diuretic properties and total phenolic content of Cinnamomum tamala. International Journal of Green Pharmacy. 2013 Jul 1;7(3):236. DOI
  3. Konda MR, Alluri KV, Janardhanan PK, Trimurtulu G, Sengupta K. Combined extracts of Garcinia mangostana fruit rind and Cinnamomum tamala leaf supplementation enhances muscle strength and endurance in resistance trained males. J Int Soc Sports Nutr 2018;15

Medication overviews come from MedlinePlus (NIH); supplement label data from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database. Content is written and reviewed by licensed HelloPharmacist pharmacists — see our data sources and editorial standards.

Pharmacist Counseling Corner

Taking Indian Cassia and Dicloxacillin Injection Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Indian Cassia with Dicloxacillin Injection?
We do not list a known interaction between Indian Cassia and Dicloxacillin Injection. That does not guarantee the combination is risk-free, so confirm with your pharmacist or doctor — especially if you take other medications or have a health condition.
Should I take Indian Cassia and Dicloxacillin Injection at the same time of day?
At least one FDA label for a product containing Dicloxacillin Injection says to take it on an empty stomach, and supplements are usually taken with a meal — so taking them together at breakfast is the easy mistake. Where that applies, keep Dicloxacillin Injection on its own and move Indian Cassia to a meal later in the day. Food instructions belong to the product rather than the ingredient, so check the directions on your own box. This is about absorption, not an interaction.
How was the Indian Cassia and Dicloxacillin Injection combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Dicloxacillin Injection is filed under 3 classifications, and Indian Cassia has documented interactions with 2 drug classes — none of Dicloxacillin Injection's classifications are among them. A medication can belong to classes beyond those recorded in our dataset, so this describes how the check was run rather than guaranteeing safety.
Does Indian Cassia interact with any other medications?
Yes. Indian Cassia has 161 documented drug interactions in our database — Dicloxacillin Injection is simply not one of them. If you take anything else, it is worth checking each one; they are all listed on this page.
Does Dicloxacillin Injection interact with any supplements?
Yes. Dicloxacillin Injection has documented interactions with 39 supplements in our database — Indian Cassia is not one of them. The Dicloxacillin Injection interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

Written and reviewed by the HelloPharmacist editorial staff. Our editorial policy

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