Fan mountain ginger (Alnus japonica)

扇山姜shān shān jiāngShanshanjiang

Alnus japonica · Plant

Alnus japonica
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Indications
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With studies in people

No specific contraindications known.

Indications

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

Wound PainInflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Fan mountain ginger does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Alnus japonica 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.

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