Twelve-stamen Stinky Arrow (Phytolacca acinosa)
十二蕊臭矢菜shí èr ruǐ chòu shǐ càiShierruichoushicai
Phytolacca acinosa · Plant
2
Indications
4
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 Twelve-stamen Stinky Arrow for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Twelve-stamen Stinky Arrow 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 acinosa 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 Antimicrobial5 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Diuretic2 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Immune2 records
- Inflammation Syndrome9 records, 4 in people
- Swelling Syndrome3 records, 2 in people