Lovage (Ligusticum)

藁本属gǎo běn shǔGaobenshu

Ligusticum · Plant

Ligusticum
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Indications
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With studies in people

The catalogue records no caution for this entry. That is not evidence that it is safe.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Lovage for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Lovage does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntispasmodicBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory Cough

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Ligusticum 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.