Southern sand ginseng (Adenophora tetraphylla)

南沙参nán shā shēnNanshashen

Adenophora tetraphylla · Plant

Adenophora, standing in for Adenophora tetraphylla
This photo shows Adenophora, not Adenophora tetraphylla: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Photograph taken by and (c)2007 Johnathan J. Stegeman (Midimacman), GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Generally safe; caution in pregnancy.

Indications

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

Heat SyndromePhlegm Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Southern sand ginseng does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit DigestiveBenefit ImmuneBenefit LungBenefit Respiratory Cough

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Adenophora tetraphylla 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 Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Benefit Lung1 records
  • Benefit Respiratory Cough0 records
  • Heat Syndrome0 records
  • Phlegm Syndrome0 records