Ragweed Groundsel (Senecio ragusanus)

豚草千里光tún cǎo qiān lǐ guāngTuncaoqianliguang

Senecio ragusanus · Plant

Senecio, standing in for Senecio ragusanus
This photo shows Senecio, not Senecio ragusanus: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Kurt Stueber, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids; potentially hepatotoxic; avoid all internal use; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Respiratory CoughBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Senecio ragusanus 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 Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory Cough0 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records