Sugar candy (Saccharum officinarum)
饴糖yí tángYitang
Saccharum officinarum · Plant
1
Indications
3
With studies in people
Cautions
May raise blood glucose; caution with diabetes; high glycemic index; limited safety data for medicinal use.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Sugar candy for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Sugar candy does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Energy
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Saccharum officinarum 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 Antioxidant45 records, 4 in people
- Benefit Digestive1 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Energy48 records, 2 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome12 records