Single-leaved Starfruit (Averrhoa carambola)
单叶油柑dān yè yóu gānDanyeyougan
Averrhoa carambola · Plant
2
Indications
2
With studies in people
Cautions
Contraindicated in kidney disease; contains nephrotoxic oxalates.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Single-leaved Starfruit for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Diabetes SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Single-leaved Starfruit does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit HeartBenefit Immune
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Averrhoa carambola 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 Antioxidant41 records, 3 in people
- Benefit Digestive2 records
- Benefit Heart4 records
- Benefit Immune2 records
- Diabetes Syndrome22 records, 6 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome10 records