Flat-fruit gynostemma (Gynostemma compressum)

扁果绞股蓝biǎn guǒ jiǎo gǔ lánBianguojiaogulan

Gynostemma compressum · Plant

Gynostemma, standing in for Gynostemma compressum
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May lower blood sugar; caution with diabetes medications; may increase bleeding risk; avoid before surgery; may lower blood pressure.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Flat-fruit gynostemma for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Cholesterol SyndromeDiabetes SyndromeFatigue Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Flat-fruit gynostemma does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit HeartBenefit Immune

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Gynostemma compressum 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 Antioxidant0 records
  • Benefit Heart0 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Cholesterol Syndrome0 records
  • Diabetes Syndrome0 records
  • Fatigue Syndrome0 records