Octagonal Yellow Skin (Illicium anisatum)
八角黄皮bā jiǎo huáng píBajiaohuangpi
Illicium anisatum · Plant
2
Indications
2
With studies in people
Cautions
Highly toxic; contains neurotoxins; can cause seizures, hallucinations, and death; avoid all internal use.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Octagonal Yellow Skin for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Abdominal PainInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Octagonal Yellow Skin does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Illicium anisatum 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 Antimicrobial2 records
- Benefit Digestive6 records, 5 in people
- Benefit Respiratory0 records
- Abdominal Pain1 records
- Inflammation Syndrome1 records, 1 in people