Yellow Flat Cypress (Thuja orientalis)
黄扁柏huáng biǎn bǎiHuangbianbai
Thuja orientalis · Plant
1
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
Contains thujone; potentially toxic in high doses; may cause seizures and liver damage; avoid during pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Yellow Flat Cypress for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Yellow Flat Cypress does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit ImmuneBenefit RespiratoryBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Thuja orientalis 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 Antimicrobial12 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Immune1 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Respiratory3 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Skin8 records, 4 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome10 records, 3 in people