Light Yellow Toothache Grass (Swertia punicea var. lutescens)

淡黄獐牙菜dàn huáng zhāng yá càiDanhuangzhangyacai

Swertia punicea var. lutescens · Plant

Swertia, standing in for Swertia punicea var. lutescens
This photo shows Swertia, not Swertia punicea var. lutescens: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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 Light Yellow Toothache Grass for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation SyndromeJaundice Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Light Yellow 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 punicea var. lutescens 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 Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Liver0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Jaundice Syndrome0 records