Orchid Calyx Rabdosia (Rabdosia japonica)

兰萼香茶菜lán è xiāng chá càiLanexiangchacai

Rabdosia japonica · Plant

Ocimeae, standing in for Rabdosia japonica
This photo shows Ocimeae, not Rabdosia japonica: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains diterpenoids; may have cytotoxic effects; avoid during pregnancy and breastfeeding; limited clinical safety data.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Orchid Calyx Rabdosia for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Orchid Calyx Rabdosia does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Rabdosia japonica 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.