Fir (Abies)
冷杉属lěng shān shǔLengshanshu
Abies · Plant
4
Indications
7
With studies in people
Cautions
Avoid in pregnancy; potential skin sensitizer.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Fir for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Joint Rheumatism PainMuscle PainCold SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Fir does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit Immune AntimicrobialBenefit Respiratory CoughBenefit Skin Wounds
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Abies 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 Antioxidant85 records, 15 in people
- Benefit Immune Antimicrobial62 records, 19 in people
- Benefit Respiratory Cough2 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Skin Wounds21 records, 5 in people
- Joint Rheumatism Pain2 records, 1 in people
- Muscle Pain2 records
- Cold Syndrome106 records, 2 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome38 records, 16 in people