Spiny Amaranth (Alternanthera pungens)
刺花莲子草cì huā lián zi cǎoCihualianzicao
Alternanthera pungens · Plant
2
Indications
3
With studies in people
No specific contraindications known.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Spiny Amaranth for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Wound PainInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Spiny Amaranth does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DiureticBenefit ImmuneBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Alternanthera pungens 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 Antioxidant2 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Diuretic0 records
- Benefit Immune0 records
- Benefit Skin1 records, 1 in people
- Wound Pain1 records, 1 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome1 records