Wave-leaved Bitter Wood (Picrasma undulata)

波叶苦木bō yè kǔ mùBoyekumu

Picrasma undulata · Plant

Picrasma, standing in for Picrasma undulata
This photo shows Picrasma, not Picrasma undulata: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Pieria(Uploader and Photographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains quassinoids; may cause digestive upset; avoid with stomach or intestinal ulcers; may lower blood sugar.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Wave-leaved Bitter Wood for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Diarrhea SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Wave-leaved Bitter Wood does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit Liver

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Picrasma undulata 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 Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Liver0 records
  • Diarrhea Syndrome0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records