Cautions
Contains tetrandrine alkaloids; may lower blood pressure; avoid with hypertension medications; caution with liver disease; avoid during pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Paulownia-leaved Stephania for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Joint PainInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Paulownia-leaved Stephania does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit ImmuneBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Stephania tetrandra 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 Antimicrobial6 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Diuretic4 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Immune14 records, 6 in people
- Benefit Skin9 records, 6 in people
- Joint Pain5 records
- Inflammation Syndrome35 records, 11 in people
