Sauce Fruit Yew (Taxus mairei)

酱果紫杉jiàng guǒ zǐ shānJiangguozishan

Taxus mairei · Plant

Taxus mairei
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

All parts except red aril contain toxic taxine alkaloids; potentially fatal; avoid all internal use; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Sauce Fruit Yew does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit HeartBenefit Immune Anti-cancer

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Taxus mairei 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 Heart0 records
  • Benefit Immune Anti-cancer14 records, 6 in people
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records