Strangled Bract Pepper Head (Serratula strangulata)

缢苞麻花头yì bāo má huā tóuYibaomahuatou

Serratula strangulata · Plant

Serratula, standing in for Serratula strangulata
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Indications
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With studies in people

The catalogue records no caution for this entry. That is not evidence that it is safe.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Strangled Bract Pepper Head for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation SyndromeNausea Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Strangled Bract Pepper Head does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Immune

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Serratula strangulata 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 Antimicrobial1 records, 1 in people
  • Benefit Antioxidant0 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Nausea Syndrome0 records