Quince (Cydonia oblonga)
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Cydonia oblonga · Plant
2
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
Seeds contain low levels of cyanide; avoid seed consumption.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Quince for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Diarrhea SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Quince does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory CoughBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Cydonia oblonga 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 Antioxidant70 records, 17 in people
- Benefit Digestive7 records, 3 in people
- Benefit Respiratory Cough2 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Skin14 records, 5 in people
- Diarrhea Syndrome2 records
- Inflammation Syndrome32 records, 11 in people