Large-head garlic (Allium macrostemon)
大头蒜dà tóu suànDatousuan
Allium macrostemon · Plant
2
Indications
4
With studies in people
Cautions
May enhance anticoagulants; caution before surgery.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Large-head garlic for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Hypertension SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Large-head garlic does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit HeartBenefit Immune AntimicrobialBenefit Respiratory
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Allium macrostemon 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 Antioxidant7 records, 4 in people
- Benefit Heart11 records, 3 in people
- Benefit Immune Antimicrobial0 records
- Benefit Respiratory5 records, 1 in people
- Hypertension Syndrome1 records
- Inflammation Syndrome9 records, 2 in people