Apple Genus (Malus)

苹果属píng guǒ shǔPingguoshu

Malus · Plant

Malus
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2
Indications
5
With studies in people

Cautions

Seeds contain cyanogenic glycosides; generally safe when consumed normally; limited safety data for medicinal use.

Indications

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

Cholesterol SyndromeDiabetes Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Heart

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Malus 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.