Guyana Hook Vine (Uncaria guianensis)

圭亚那钩藤guī yà nà gōu téngGuiyanagouteng

Uncaria guianensis · Plant

Uncaria guianensis
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
3
Indications
2
With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; likely has effects similar to other Uncaria species; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Guyana Hook Vine for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Headache SyndromeHypertension SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Guyana Hook Vine does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit CalmingBenefit Immune

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Uncaria guianensis 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.