Inula

槁本属gǎo běn shǔGaobenshu

Inula · Plant

Inula
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May increase mucus production; caution with respiratory conditions; may cause allergic reactions in those sensitive to the daisy family.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntispasmodicBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory Cough

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Inula 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.