Small pig dung bean (Crotalaria nana)

小猪屎豆xiǎo zhū shǐ dòuXiaozhushidou

Crotalaria nana · Plant

Crotalaria nana
Photo: Jayesh Patil from Mumbai, India, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids; potential liver toxicity.

Indications

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

Inflammation SyndromeParasite Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit RespiratoryBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Crotalaria nana 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 Respiratory0 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Parasite Syndrome0 records