Alcohol

酒jiǔJiu

Alcohol · Not a plant

ethanol, standing in for Alcohol
This photo shows ethanol, not Alcohol: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: LHcheM, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
3
Indications
5
With studies in people

Cautions

Not a plant; avoid with liver disease, pregnancy, and certain medications.

Indications

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

Disinfectant PainMuscle Rub PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Alcohol does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Preservative

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Alcohol 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.