Lady’s slipper (Cypripedium)

杓兰sháo lánShaolan

Cypripedium · Plant

Cypripedium
Photo: Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
3
Indications
0
With studies in people

Cautions

May cause allergic skin reactions in sensitive individuals.

Indications

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

Nerve PainAnxiety SyndromeInsomnia Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Lady’s slipper does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AnticonvulsantBenefit Calming

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Cypripedium 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 Anticonvulsant0 records
  • Benefit Calming0 records
  • Nerve Pain0 records
  • Anxiety Syndrome1 records
  • Insomnia Syndrome0 records