Penny-royal (Mentha pulegium)

唇萼薄荷chún è bò heChunebohe

Mentha pulegium · Plant

Mentha pulegium
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; may have effects similar to other Mentha species; avoid during pregnancy; caution with gallstones.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Penny-royal for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

HeadacheInflammation SyndromeNausea Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Penny-royal 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 Mentha pulegium 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.