Birthwort (Aristolochia clematitis)

欧洲马兜铃ōu zhōu mǎ dōu língOuzhoumadouling

Aristolochia clematitis · Plant

Aristolochia clematitis
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
3
Indications
1
With studies in people

Cautions

Contains aristolochic acid; nephrotoxic and carcinogenic.

Indications

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

Joint PainInflammation SyndromeSnakebite Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit ImmuneBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Aristolochia clematitis 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 Antimicrobial2 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory1 records, 1 in people
  • Joint Pain0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Snakebite Syndrome0 records