Black cutch (Senegalia catechu)

儿茶ér cháErcha

Senegalia catechu · Plant

Senegalia catechu
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

The catalogue records no caution for this entry. That is not evidence that it is safe.

Indications

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

Spasm PainWound PainDiabetes SyndromeHemorrhage SyndromeInflammation SyndromeMalaria Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit Immune Anti-cancerBenefit MenstruationBenefit Respiratory AsthmaBenefit Skin Leprosy

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Senegalia catechu 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 Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Antioxidant0 records
  • Benefit Immune Anti-cancer0 records
  • Benefit Menstruation0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory Asthma0 records
  • Benefit Skin Leprosy0 records
  • Spasm Pain0 records
  • Wound Pain0 records
  • Diabetes Syndrome1 records
  • Hemorrhage Syndrome0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Malaria Syndrome0 records