Few-calyx Groundsel (Senecio scandens)
少副萼千里光shǎo fù è qiān lǐ guāngShaofueqianliguang
Senecio scandens · Plant
1
Indications
3
With studies in people
Cautions
Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids; potentially hepatotoxic; avoid long-term use; avoid during pregnancy and with liver disease.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Few-calyx Groundsel for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Few-calyx Groundsel does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Respiratory CoughBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Senecio scandens 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 Antimicrobial10 records, 3 in people
- Benefit Respiratory Cough0 records
- Benefit Skin3 records, 1 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome14 records, 4 in people