Medicinal Water Star Anise (Illicium medicinale)

药水八角yào shuǐ bā jiǎoYaoshuibajiao

Illicium medicinale · Plant

Illicium, standing in for Illicium medicinale
This photo shows Illicium, not Illicium medicinale: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; potentially contains neurotoxins similar to other Illicium species; avoid internal use.

Indications

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

Abdominal PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Medicinal Water Star Anise does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Illicium medicinale 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 Respiratory0 records
  • Abdominal Pain0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records