Avocado Genus (Persea)

鳄梨属è lí shǔElishu

Persea · Plant

Persea
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Generally safe as food; leaves and seeds contain persin and are toxic; caution with latex allergies; may interact with warfarin.

Indications

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

Cholesterol Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit HeartBenefit ImmuneBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Persea 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.