Heqing heracleum (Heracleum rapula)

鹤庆独活hè qìng dú huóHeqingduhuo

Heracleum rapula · Plant

Heracleum, standing in for Heracleum rapula
This photo shows Heracleum, not Heracleum rapula: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; likely contains furanocoumarins that may cause photosensitivity; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

HeadacheInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Heqing heracleum does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit CirculationBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Heracleum rapula 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 Circulation0 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Headache0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records