Glossy Calyx Crotalaria (Crotalaria calycina)

光萼猪屎豆guāng è zhū shǐ dòuGuangezhushidou

Crotalaria calycina · Plant

Crotalaria calycina
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
0
With studies in people

Cautions

Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids; potential liver toxicity.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Glossy Calyx Crotalaria for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation SyndromeParasite Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Glossy Calyx Crotalaria does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit RespiratoryBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Crotalaria calycina 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 Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome1 records
  • Parasite Syndrome0 records