Nepal heracleum (Heracleum nepalense)

尼泊尔独活ní bó ěr dú huóNiboerduhuo

Heracleum nepalense · Plant

Heracleum, standing in for Heracleum nepalense
This photo shows Heracleum, not Heracleum nepalense: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains furanocoumarins; may cause photosensitivity; sap can cause skin irritation; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

HeadacheInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit CirculationBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Heracleum nepalense 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 Circulation0 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Headache0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome1 records, 1 in people