Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)

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Saccharum officinarum · Plant

Saccharum officinarum
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

May raise blood glucose; caution with diabetes; high glycemic index; limited safety data for medicinal use.

Indications

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

Diabetes MellitusDry StoolHeat VexationOf Welling Abscess SwellingVacuity Heat CoughVomiting NauseaWelling Abscess & Flat Abscess With Swelling Sore

TCM actions

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

Clear Heat & Engender LiquidMoisten Dryness & Harmonize CenterResolve Toxin