Jamaican bitterwood (Picrasma quassioides)
牙买加苦木yá mǎi jiā kǔ mùYamaijiakumu
Picrasma quassioides · Plant
2
Indications
4
With studies in people
Cautions
Contains quassinoids; may cause digestive upset; avoid with stomach or intestinal ulcers; may lower blood sugar.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Jamaican bitterwood for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Diarrhea SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Jamaican bitterwood does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Liver
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Picrasma quassioides 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 Antimicrobial12 records, 4 in people
- Benefit Digestive4 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Liver4 records, 3 in people
- Diarrhea Syndrome1 records
- Inflammation Syndrome28 records, 6 in people