Dwarf bearberry (Arctostaphylos pumila)

矮生熊果ǎi shēng xióng guǒAishengxiongguo

Arctostaphylos pumila · Plant

Arctostaphylos pumila
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
2
Indications
1
With studies in people

Cautions

Caution in kidney or liver disease.

Indications

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

Infection SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit SkinBenefit Urinary

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Arctostaphylos pumila 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 Antimicrobial1 records, 1 in people
  • Benefit Diuretic0 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Benefit Urinary0 records
  • Infection Syndrome0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records