Tropical pokeweed (Phytolacca icosandra)

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Phytolacca icosandra · Plant

Phytolacca icosandra
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Highly toxic; contains phytolaccatoxin; can cause severe digestive upset, respiratory depression; avoid all internal use.

Indications

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

Inflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit Immune

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Phytolacca icosandra 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 Diuretic0 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Swelling Syndrome0 records