Tuber Pepper (Piper tuberculatum)

瘤突胡椒liú tū hú jiāoLiutuhujiao

Piper tuberculatum · Plant

Piper, standing in for Piper tuberculatum
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; may have similar effects to other Piper species; avoid during pregnancy due to insufficient safety information.

Indications

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

Inflammation SyndromeNausea Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Immune

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Piper tuberculatum 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.