Cautions
Contains toxic alkaloids; avoid internal use.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Boxwood Leaf for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Joint PainInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Boxwood Leaf does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Buxus 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 Antimicrobial14 records, 6 in people
- Benefit Antioxidant10 records, 3 in people
- Benefit Skin8 records, 4 in people
- Joint Pain2 records, 1 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome5 records, 3 in people
