Rape Root Bark (Brassica napus)

油菜根皮yóu cài gēn píYoucaigenpi

Brassica napus · Plant

Brassica napus
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains goitrogens; may interact with thyroid medications.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit HeartBenefit Immune Anti-cancer

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Brassica napus 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.