Sea Onion (Scilla scilloides)

海葱hǎi cōngHaicong

Scilla scilloides · Plant

Scilla, standing in for Scilla scilloides
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains cardiac glycosides; may affect heart rhythm; avoid with heart conditions; potentially toxic in high doses; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Swelling Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit DiureticBenefit Heart

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Scilla scilloides 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 Diuretic0 records
  • Benefit Heart0 records
  • Swelling Syndrome0 records