Round Petal Ginger Flower (Hedychium forrestii)

圆瓣姜花yuán bàn jiāng huāYuanbanjianghua

Hedychium forrestii · Plant

Hedychium, standing in for Hedychium forrestii
This photo shows Hedychium, not Hedychium forrestii: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; may have uterine stimulant effects; avoid during pregnancy; caution with hormone-sensitive conditions.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Round Petal Ginger Flower for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Round Petal Ginger Flower does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Hedychium forrestii 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 Antioxidant0 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome1 records