Thick Shell Laurel (Cryptocarya chinensis)

厚壳桂hòu ké guìHoukegui

Cryptocarya chinensis · Plant

Cryptocarya, standing in for Cryptocarya chinensis
This photo shows Cryptocarya, not Cryptocarya chinensis: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Penarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

No specific contraindications known.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Cryptocarya chinensis 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 Antioxidant1 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records