Taidong Asarum (Asarum taiwanianum)

台东细辛tái dōng xì xīnTaidongxixin

Asarum taiwanianum · Plant

Asarum, standing in for Asarum taiwanianum
This photo shows Asarum, not Asarum taiwanianum: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains aristolochic acid; nephrotoxic and carcinogenic.

Indications

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

Stomach PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Asarum taiwanianum 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 Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Antioxidant0 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Stomach Pain0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records