Hook Vine Genus (Uncaria)

钩藤属gōu téng shǔGoutengshu

Uncaria · Plant

Uncaria
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May lower blood pressure; avoid with hypertension medications; may affect blood glucose; caution with diabetes medications.

Indications

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

Headache SyndromeHypertension SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Hook Vine Genus 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 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.