Medicinal marshmallow (Althaea officinalis)
药蜀葵yào shǔ kuíYaoshukui
Althaea officinalis · Plant
2
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
May slow absorption of other medications.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Medicinal marshmallow for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Sore ThroatInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Medicinal marshmallow does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory CoughBenefit Skin Sores
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Althaea officinalis 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 Antimicrobial18 records, 7 in people
- Benefit Digestive5 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Respiratory Cough12 records, 5 in people
- Benefit Skin Sores0 records
- Sore Throat3 records, 2 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome17 records, 6 in people