Leaf-calyx Toothache Grass (Swertia calycina)

叶萼獐牙菜yè è zhāng yá càiYeezhangyacai

Swertia calycina · Plant

Swertia, standing in for Swertia calycina
This photo shows Swertia, not Swertia calycina: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
2
Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; likely contains compounds similar to other Swertia species; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Leaf-calyx Toothache Grass for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation SyndromeJaundice Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Leaf-calyx Toothache Grass 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 Swertia calycina 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 Antimicrobial1 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Liver0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Jaundice Syndrome0 records