Northern Asarum (Asarum heterotropoides)
北细辛běi xì xīnBeixixin
Asarum heterotropoides · Plant
2
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
Contains aristolochic acid; nephrotoxic and carcinogenic.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Northern Asarum for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Stomach PainInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Northern Asarum does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Asarum heterotropoides 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 Antimicrobial5 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Antioxidant1 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Digestive0 records
- Benefit Respiratory1 records, 1 in people
- Stomach Pain2 records, 2 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome11 records, 3 in people