Strychnine Genus (Strychnos)

马钱子属mǎ qián zǐ shǔMaqianzishu

Strychnos · Plant

Strychnos
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains toxic strychnine alkaloids; potentially lethal; avoid all internal use; proper identification essential.

Indications

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

Muscle Pain

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Strychnine Genus does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Circulation

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Strychnos 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.

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