Ramie Root (Boehmeria nivea)

苎麻根zhù má gēnZhumagen

Boehmeria nivea · Plant

Boehmeria nivea
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Indications
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With studies in people

No specific contraindications known.

Indications

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

Inflammation SyndromeMenstruation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit DiureticBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Boehmeria nivea 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.

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