Cautions
Essential oil may cause skin irritation; limited safety data for internal use; avoid during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Spruce Genus for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Spruce Genus does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit RespiratoryBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Picea 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 Antimicrobial77 records, 16 in people
- Benefit Antioxidant68 records, 7 in people
- Benefit Respiratory40 records, 4 in people
- Benefit Skin64 records, 13 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome18 records, 5 in people
