Russian olive (Elaeagnus pungens)

胡颓子hú tuí zǐHutuizi

Elaeagnus pungens · Plant

Elaeagnus pungens
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 us, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

No specific contraindications known.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit ImmuneBenefit Respiratory CoughBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Elaeagnus pungens 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 Antioxidant0 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory Cough2 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome4 records

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