Cautions
Contains compounds that can cause photosensitivity in some individuals; may lower blood sugar; contains oxalates.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Silk Chestnut Oak Family for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Silk Chestnut Oak Family does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit HeartBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Fagaceae 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 Antimicrobial13 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Antioxidant21 records
- Benefit Heart3 records
- Benefit Skin20 records, 8 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome16 records, 4 in people
