Poison Lettuce (Lactuca virosa)

毒莴苣dú wō jùDuwoju

Lactuca virosa · Plant

Lactuca virosa
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains lactucarium with stronger sedative effects; may cause respiratory depression in high doses; avoid during pregnancy; caution with central nervous system depressants.

Indications

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

Inflammation SyndromeInsomnia Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Poison Lettuce does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit CalmingBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory Cough

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Lactuca virosa 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.