Bluemink (Ageratum houstonianum)

熊耳草xióng ěr cǎoXiongercao

Ageratum houstonianum · Plant

Ageratum houstonianum
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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 Bluemink for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Respiratory CoughBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Ageratum houstonianum 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.