Iris
鸢尾属yuān wěi shǔYuanweishu
Iris · Plant
3
Indications
6
With studies in people
Cautions
Contains toxins; may cause digestive upset, skin irritation; rhizomes more toxic than flowers; avoid during pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Iris for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation SyndromeJaundice SyndromeSwelling Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Iris does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit DiureticBenefit LiverBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Iris 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 Diuretic3 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Liver323 records, 169 in people
- Benefit Skin1235 records, 834 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome1554 records, 857 in people
- Jaundice Syndrome17 records, 14 in people
- Swelling Syndrome112 records, 56 in people