Brazilian Birthwort (Aristolochia brasiliensis)

巴西马兜铃bā xī mǎ dōu língBaximadouling

Aristolochia brasiliensis · Plant

Aristolochia, standing in for Aristolochia brasiliensis
This photo shows Aristolochia, not Aristolochia brasiliensis: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: שרה גולד, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains aristolochic acid; nephrotoxic and carcinogenic.

Indications

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

Joint PainInflammation SyndromeSnakebite Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Brazilian Birthwort 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 Aristolochia brasiliensis 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 Immune0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Joint Pain0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome1 records
  • Snakebite Syndrome0 records