Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)
红薯hóng shǔHongshu
Ipomoea batatas · Plant
1
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
Generally safe as food; uncooked or spoiled sweet potatoes may be toxic; limited medicinal safety data; may affect blood sugar.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Sweet Potato for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Diabetes Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Sweet Potato does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit ImmuneBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Ipomoea batatas 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 Antioxidant146 records, 16 in people
- Benefit Digestive24 records, 8 in people
- Benefit Immune19 records, 6 in people
- Benefit Skin44 records, 5 in people
- Diabetes Syndrome30 records, 12 in people