Chicken feather pine (Hericium erinaceus)

鸡毛松jī máo sōngJimaosong

Hericium erinaceus · Fungus

Hericium erinaceus
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May lower blood sugar; caution with diabetes medications; may increase bleeding risk; avoid before surgery.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit CognitiveBenefit DigestiveBenefit Immune

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Hericium erinaceus 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.

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