Bitter Wood Genus (Picrasma)

苦木属kǔ mù shǔKumushu

Picrasma · Plant

Picrasma
Photo: Pieria(Uploader and Photographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
2
Indications
4
With studies in people

Cautions

Contains quassinoids; may cause digestive upset; avoid with stomach or intestinal ulcers; may lower blood sugar.

Indications

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

Diarrhea SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Liver

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Picrasma 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.