Pepper Family (Piperaceae)
胡椒科hú jiāo kēHujiaoke
Piperaceae · Plant
2
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
Many species may increase absorption of other drugs; avoid with medications with narrow therapeutic windows; may irritate gastric mucosa.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Pepper Family for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation SyndromeNausea Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Pepper Family does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Immune
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Piperaceae 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 Antimicrobial102 records, 28 in people
- Benefit Antioxidant72 records, 21 in people
- Benefit Digestive21 records, 5 in people
- Benefit Immune15 records, 9 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome85 records, 25 in people
- Nausea Syndrome1 records