Qiruita Swertia (Swertia chirayita)

其瑞塔獐牙菜qí ruì tǎ zhāng yá càiQiruitazhangyacai

Swertia chirayita · Plant

Swertia, standing in for Swertia chirayita
This photo shows Swertia, not Swertia chirayita: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains secoiridoid glycosides; may affect blood glucose; caution with diabetes medications; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Fever SyndromeInflammation SyndromeJaundice Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Liver

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Swertia chirayita 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.