White Typhonium (Typhonium giganteum)

白附子bái fù zǐBaifuzi

Typhonium giganteum · Plant

Typhonium, standing in for Typhonium giganteum
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains calcium oxalate crystals; may cause severe irritation to mucous membranes; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit AnticonvulsantBenefit AntimicrobialBenefit Respiratory Phlegm

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Typhonium giganteum 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.