Birthwort Family (Aristolochiaceae)
马兜铃科mǎ dōu líng kēMadoulingke
Aristolochiaceae · Plant
3
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
Contains aristolochic acid; nephrotoxic and carcinogenic.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Birthwort Family for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Birthwort Family 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 Aristolochiaceae 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 Antimicrobial12 records, 7 in people
- Benefit Immune2 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Respiratory3 records, 1 in people
- Joint Pain1 records, 1 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome15 records, 6 in people
- Snakebite Syndrome0 records