Smooth Shiny Hook Vine (Uncaria rhynchophylla)
平滑发亮钩藤píng huá fā liàng gōu téngPinghuafalianggouteng
Uncaria rhynchophylla · Plant
3
Indications
3
With studies in people
Cautions
May lower blood pressure; avoid with hypertension medications; may have sedative effects; avoid during pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Smooth Shiny Hook Vine for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Headache SyndromeHypertension SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Smooth Shiny Hook Vine does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit CalmingBenefit Immune
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Uncaria rhynchophylla 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 Calming5 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Immune7 records
- Headache Syndrome2 records
- Hypertension Syndrome38 records, 11 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome30 records, 6 in people