Small-headed Iron Seed (Pyrrosia minima)

小头铁仔xiǎo tóu tiě zǐXiaotoutiezi

Pyrrosia minima · Plant

Pyrrosia, standing in for Pyrrosia minima
This photo shows Pyrrosia, not Pyrrosia minima: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; avoid during pregnancy and breastfeeding due to insufficient safety information.

Indications

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

Inflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit Respiratory Cough

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Pyrrosia minima 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 Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Diuretic0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory Cough0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Swelling Syndrome0 records