Mediterranean brown seaweed (Sargassum fusiforme)

地中海棕海藻dì zhōng hǎi zōng hǎi zǎoDizhonghaizonghaizao

Sargassum fusiforme · Plant

Sargassum fusiforme
Photo: Okamura, Kintaro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May contain high iodine content; caution with thyroid disorders; may affect blood pressure; may increase bleeding risk.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DetoxBenefit ImmuneBenefit Thyroid

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Sargassum fusiforme 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.

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