Leek (Allium fistulosum)
韭葱jiǔ cōngJiucong
Allium fistulosum · Plant
2
Indications
3
With studies in people
Cautions
May enhance anticoagulants; caution before surgery.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Leek for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Hypertension SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Leek does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit HeartBenefit Immune AntimicrobialBenefit Respiratory
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Allium fistulosum 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 Antioxidant30 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Digestive4 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Heart5 records
- Benefit Immune Antimicrobial4 records
- Benefit Respiratory0 records
- Hypertension Syndrome0 records
- Inflammation Syndrome5 records, 1 in people