Oriental Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
东方洋地黄dōng fāng yáng dì huángDongfangyangdihuang
Digitalis purpurea · Plant
1
Indications
3
With studies in people
Cautions
Contains cardiac glycosides; highly toxic; use only under professional supervision.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Oriental Foxglove for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Heart Failure Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Oriental Foxglove does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit CirculationBenefit Heart
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Digitalis purpurea 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 Circulation3 records, 3 in people
- Benefit Heart30 records, 11 in people
- Heart Failure Syndrome18 records, 5 in people