North American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
北美洲山梗菜běi měi zhōu shān gěng càiBeimeizhoushangengcai
Phytolacca americana · Plant
2
Indications
4
With studies in people
Cautions
Highly toxic; contains phytolaccatoxin; can cause severe digestive upset, respiratory depression; avoid all internal use.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists North American Pokeweed for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says North American Pokeweed does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit Immune
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Phytolacca americana 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 Antimicrobial16 records, 3 in people
- Benefit Diuretic0 records
- Benefit Immune5 records, 3 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome10 records, 5 in people
- Swelling Syndrome1 records, 1 in people