Evidence supporting the use of: Night-Blooming Cereus
For the health condition: Bronchitis

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Synopsis

Source of validity: Traditional
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Night-Blooming Cereus (often referring to Cereus grandiflorus or closely related species) has a history of use in traditional herbal medicine, particularly in homeopathy and eclectic medicine, for respiratory complaints, including bronchitis. Its primary traditional use has been as a cardiac remedy, but some herbalists and homeopaths have extended its indications to include conditions characterized by chest congestion, difficult breathing, and cough, such as bronchitis. The rationale was often based on observational or symptomatic similarities rather than rigorous clinical evidence.

However, there is a lack of robust scientific research or clinical trials that directly evaluate the efficacy of Night-Blooming Cereus for bronchitis. Standard herbal medicine references and modern phytotherapy texts rarely mention it as a recommended treatment for bronchitis. Most of the available evidence is anecdotal or comes from historical texts, such as those of 19th-century eclectic physicians or homeopathic materia medica, rather than controlled scientific studies. As a result, the support for its use in bronchitis is weak and mainly rooted in tradition rather than validated by modern research.

Overall, while Night-Blooming Cereus has been used in some traditional systems for respiratory complaints, including bronchitis, the evidence for its efficacy is minimal, and it is not widely recognized or recommended for this purpose in contemporary herbal or medical literature.

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