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Source of validity: Traditional
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Centipeda minima, commonly known as "small centipeda" or "spreading sneezeweed," has a longstanding history of use in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and other Asian medical systems. In these traditions, it is often employed for its purported properties in resolving phlegm, relieving cough, and treating inflammatory conditions of the respiratory tract, which includes pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura surrounding the lungs). Historical materia medica texts cite its use for symptoms such as chest pain, cough, and difficult breathing—symptoms that can overlap with pleurisy. However, there is a lack of robust modern clinical or pharmacological studies specifically validating its efficacy for pleurisy in humans. Most available research focuses on Centipeda minima's anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, and antimicrobial properties in general or in animal/cell models, not directly on pleurisy. Therefore, while its use for pleurisy is justified by tradition, the level of scientific evidence is very limited, and no high-quality clinical trials have confirmed its effectiveness for this particular condition.

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