Toning Cliff Bean Vine (Tephrosia purpurea)

托宁崖豆藤tuō níng yá dòu téngTuoningyadouteng

Tephrosia purpurea · Plant

Tephrosia purpurea
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May have mild hypoglycemic effects; caution with diabetes medications; limited safety data; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Diabetes SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Toning Cliff Bean Vine does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit LiverBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Tephrosia purpurea 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.