Cautions
May stimulate uterine contractions; avoid during pregnancy; may interact with diabetes medications; caution with kidney disease.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists European juniper variant for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
TCM actions
What the catalogue says European juniper variant does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit RespiratoryBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Juniperus communis 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 Antimicrobial58 records, 18 in people
- Benefit Diuretic4 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Respiratory6 records, 3 in people
- Benefit Skin18 records, 11 in people
- Joint Pain2 records, 1 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome22 records, 9 in people
- Swelling Syndrome1 records
