Large Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

大花倒地铃dà huā dào dì língDahuadaodiling

Cardiospermum halicacabum · Plant

Cardiospermum halicacabum
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

Seeds contain toxins; avoid seed consumption.

Indications

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

Joint PainRheumatism PainInflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Cardiospermum halicacabum 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.