Indian Ocean sponge (Spongia indica)

印度洋海绵yìn dù yáng hǎi miánYinduyanghaimian

Spongia indica · Animal

Spongia, standing in for Spongia indica
This photo shows Spongia, not Spongia indica: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Marine organism, not a plant; limited medicinal use; may cause allergic reactions; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Indian Ocean sponge does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Spongia indica 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 Respiratory0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records