European Asarum (Asarum europaeum)

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Asarum europaeum · Plant

Asarum europaeum
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
2
Indications
0
With studies in people

Cautions

Contains aristolochic acid; nephrotoxic and carcinogenic.

Indications

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

Stomach PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit DiureticBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Asarum europaeum 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 Antimicrobial3 records
  • Benefit Antioxidant1 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Diuretic1 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Stomach Pain0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome1 records