Small calamus (Erigeron canadensis)

小蓬草xiǎo péng cǎoXiaopengcao

Erigeron canadensis · Plant

Erigeron canadensis
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Indications
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With studies in people

The catalogue records no caution for this entry. That is not evidence that it is safe.

Indications

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

Inflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit DiureticBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Erigeron canadensis 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.