American Wood Apple (Feronia limonia)

美洲木苹果měi zhōu mù píng guǒMeizhoumupingguo

Feronia limonia · Plant

Rutaceae, standing in for Feronia limonia
This photo shows Rutaceae, not Feronia limonia: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; may have hypoglycemic effects; use with caution in diabetes; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Diarrhea SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory Cough

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Feronia limonia 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 Antimicrobial4 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory Cough0 records
  • Diarrhea Syndrome1 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records