Chinese Chicken Dung Vine (Paederia scandens)

中华鸡屎藤zhōng huá jī shǐ téngZhonghuajishiteng

Paederia scandens · Plant

Paederia scandens
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; may cause skin irritation; avoid during pregnancy due to insufficient safety information.

Indications

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

Abdominal PainJoint PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Digestive

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Paederia scandens 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.