Large-seeded Gelsemium (Gelsemium elegans)
大籽买麻藤dà zǐ mǎi má téngDazimaimateng
Gelsemium elegans · Plant
3
Indications
4
With studies in people
Cautions
Highly toxic; contains strychnine-like alkaloids; can cause respiratory paralysis and death; avoid all internal use.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Large-seeded Gelsemium for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Neuralgia PainAnxiety SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Large-seeded Gelsemium does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit Calming
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Gelsemium elegans 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 Calming11 records, 3 in people
- Neuralgia Pain6 records, 1 in people
- Anxiety Syndrome9 records, 1 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome34 records, 6 in people