Dragon brain (Dipterocarpus)

龙脑香属lóng nǎo xiāng shǔLongnaoxiangshu

Dipterocarpus · Plant

Dipterocarpus
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains resins; caution with skin sensitivity.

Indications

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

Wound PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Dragon brain does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit RespiratoryBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Dipterocarpus 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.