American Green Alder (Alnus viridis)

美洲绿桤木měi zhōu lǜ qī mùMeizhouluqimu

Alnus viridis · Plant

Alnus viridis
Photo: Georgi Kunev, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
3
Indications
1
With studies in people

No specific contraindications known.

Indications

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

Wound PainInflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Alnus viridis 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 Antimicrobial3 records, 2 in people
  • Benefit Diuretic0 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Wound Pain0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Swelling Syndrome0 records