Yunzhi (Trametes versicolor)

云芝yún zhīYunzhi

Trametes versicolor · Fungus

Trametes versicolor
Photo: Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May increase immune activity; caution with autoimmune disorders and immunosuppressant medications; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

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

Benefit Anti-cancerBenefit AntioxidantBenefit Immune

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Trametes versicolor 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.