Elliptical uncaria (Uncaria elliptica)

椭圆钩藤tuǒ yuán gōu téngTuoyuangouteng

Uncaria elliptica · Plant

Uncaria, standing in for Uncaria elliptica
This photo shows Uncaria, not Uncaria elliptica: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; likely has effects similar to other Uncaria species; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Headache SyndromeHypertension SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit CalmingBenefit Immune

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Uncaria elliptica 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 Calming0 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Headache Syndrome0 records
  • Hypertension Syndrome0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records