Huang Shui Qi黃水茄
Herba SolaniSolanum
Also known asHerba Solani Xanthocarpi · Herba Solani Indici
- Category
- ** Herbs that Clear Heat and Resolve Toxicity **Herbs that Drain Dampness (Diuretics)**
- Nature
- cold, warm
- Taste
- pungent, bitter
- Channels entered
- Liver
- Dosage
- 3–15 g
Actions & indications
- Anchors Liver Yang, eliminates toxins, reduces inflammation and relieves pain
- Liver Fire syndromes such as hepatitis A, B and C
- Removes Heat, eliminates Dampness and disperses Stagnation
- Carbuncles, urethritis, moist pleurisy, edema and sinusitis
Combinations
Hepatitis.
- Zhi Zi
- Hu Zhang
- Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
Liver cirrhosis.
Eye disorders caused by Excess conditions.
- Fu Rong
Sinusitis.
- Fang Feng
- Jing Jie
- Ku Shen
- Bai Hua She She Cao
- Ban Zhi Lian
Itchy skin with various dermatological disorders.
- Ding Shu Xiu
Pleuritis and edema.
Notes
- In Taiwan the whole plant, Fructus et Folium Solani Indici, is used; it is Cold and Bitter, expels Wind, relieves headaches, and treats toothache and sinusitis, with antiphlogistic, expectorant, hyperglycemic, and antitussive properties, and has also been shown to inhibit cancer cell growth.
- The powdered leaves are said to cure ulcers.
- For Food Stagnation or fluid retention in the Stomach, the herb is washed, dried, calcined until yellow, ground to a powder, mixed with sugar, combined with 15g of boiling water, and taken on an empty stomach.
- It relieves Stagnation and reduces swelling, inflammation, and pain, and is indicated for pharyngitis, tonsillitis, lymphatic tuberculosis, and gastralgia.
- For gastralgia, take 9–15g as a decoction.