Okinawa Soft Coral (Sarcophyton okinawense)

冲绳软珊瑚chōng shéng ruǎn shān húChongshengruanshanhu

Sarcophyton okinawense · Plant

Sarcophyton, standing in for Sarcophyton okinawense
This photo shows Sarcophyton, not Sarcophyton okinawense: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Cautions

Marine organism, not a plant; limited medicinal use; avoid during pregnancy due to insufficient safety information.

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Okinawa Soft Coral does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit ImmuneBenefit Skin

In the literature

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  • Benefit Skin0 records