Allspice (Pimenta dioica)

多香果duō xiāng guǒDuoxiangguo

Pimenta dioica · Plant

Pimenta dioica
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May increase bleeding risk; avoid with blood thinners; may lower blood sugar; caution with diabetes medications.

Indications

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

Stomach PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit Digestive

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Pimenta dioica 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.