Cautions
Contains amygdalin which releases cyanide; seeds should not be consumed; limited safety data for medicinal use.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Ocean Plum for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Constipation SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Ocean Plum does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Immune
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Prunus domestica 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 Antioxidant76 records, 14 in people
- Benefit Digestive10 records, 5 in people
- Benefit Immune4 records, 2 in people
- Constipation Syndrome0 records
- Inflammation Syndrome20 records, 12 in people
