Tricolor Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor)

三色牵牛sān sè qiān niúSanseqianniu

Ipomoea tricolor · Plant

Ipomoea tricolor
Photo: Russell E (Photograph of Ipomoea violacea, taken by rkundalini.), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Seeds contain ergot alkaloids and lysergic acid; hallucinogenic; may cause digestive upset; avoid during pregnancy; potential cardiac effects.

Indications

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

Constipation SyndromeInflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit DiureticBenefit Laxative

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Ipomoea tricolor 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 Diuretic0 records
  • Benefit Laxative0 records
  • Constipation Syndrome0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Swelling Syndrome0 records