Sand-living Water Ghost Banana (Strelitzia arenaria)

沙生水鬼蕉shā shēng shuǐ guǐ jiāoShashengshuiguijiao

Strelitzia arenaria · Plant

Strelitzia, standing in for Strelitzia arenaria
This photo shows Strelitzia, not Strelitzia arenaria: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Scott Bauer, USDA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited medicinal use; limited safety data; avoid during pregnancy due to insufficient safety information.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Sand-living Water Ghost Banana for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Sand-living Water Ghost Banana does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Strelitzia arenaria 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 Skin0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records