Lycopodium

石松属shí sōng shǔShisongshu

Lycopodium · Plant

Lycopodium
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains toxic alkaloids; high doses may cause liver and kidney damage; avoid during pregnancy and breastfeeding; contraindicated in liver disease.

Indications

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

Joint PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit Skin Wounds

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Lycopodium 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.