Edible banana (Musa acuminata)
小果野蕉xiǎo guǒ yě jiāoXiaoguoyejiao
Musa acuminata · Plant
2
Indications
2
With studies in people
Cautions
Limited safety data; generally considered low toxicity; avoid during pregnancy due to insufficient safety information.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Edible banana for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Diarrhea SyndromeHypertension Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Edible banana does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Heart
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Musa acuminata 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 Antioxidant50 records, 6 in people
- Benefit Digestive4 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Heart1 records
- Diarrhea Syndrome1 records
- Hypertension Syndrome1 records