Afzel’s Nux Vomica (Strychnos afzelii)

阿弗泽尔马钱子ā fú zé ěr mǎ qián zǐAfuzeermaqianzi

Strychnos afzelii · Plant

Strychnos, standing in for Strychnos afzelii
This photo shows Strychnos, not Strychnos afzelii: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains toxic strychnine alkaloids; potentially lethal; avoid all internal use; proper identification essential.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Afzel’s Nux Vomica for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Muscle Pain

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Afzel’s Nux Vomica does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Circulation

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Strychnos afzelii and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Antimicrobial1 records
  • Benefit Circulation0 records
  • Muscle Pain0 records