Congo Upas Tree (Antiaris toxicaria)

刚果见血封喉gāng guǒ jiàn xuè fēng hóuGangguojianxuefenghou

Antiaris toxicaria · Plant

Antiaris toxicaria
Photo: Karl Moritz Schumann / Ernst Friedrich Gilg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
2
Indications
1
With studies in people

Cautions

Highly toxic; contains cardiac glycosides; use only under professional supervision.

Indications

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

Fever SyndromeParasite Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Heart

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Antiaris toxicaria 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 Heart4 records, 3 in people
  • Fever Syndrome0 records
  • Parasite Syndrome0 records