Cautions
May increase bleeding risk; caution with diabetes medications; may interact with anticoagulants; avoid before surgery.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Bilberry Genus for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Diabetes SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Bilberry Genus does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit EyeBenefit Heart
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Vaccinium 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 Antioxidant567 records, 124 in people
- Benefit Eye20 records, 10 in people
- Benefit Heart81 records, 37 in people
- Diabetes Syndrome109 records, 39 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome222 records, 84 in people
