Geranium
老鹳草属lǎo guàn cǎo shǔLaoguancaoshu
Geranium · Plant
1
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
May increase risk of bleeding; avoid with blood-thinning medications; may lower blood sugar; caution with diabetes.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Geranium for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Geranium does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Geranium 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 Antimicrobial119 records, 27 in people
- Benefit Antioxidant106 records, 25 in people
- Benefit Digestive23 records, 5 in people
- Benefit Skin51 records, 22 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome71 records, 21 in people