☯ TCM Properties
Anchors Liver Yang, eliminates toxins, reduces inflammation and relieves pain; Removes Heat, eliminates Dampness and disperses Stagnation
Traditional Chinese Uses
Huang Shui Qie (Herba Solani, from Solanum surattense / S. xanthocarpum, syn. S. virginianum, the yellow-berried nightshade or Kantakari) is a pungent, bitter, cold heat-clearing herb entering the Liver channel. It clears Heat, resolves toxicity, and reduces inflammation and swelling while relieving pain, and it settles ascendant Liver Yang. Traditionally the aerial parts are used for Liver-heat disorders including hepatitis, heat-type eye disorders, and itchy skin with heat signs.
Shared with its Ayurvedic use as Kantakari, it is valued for cough, wheezing, asthma, chest pain, and sore throat, dispersing stagnation and Damp-Heat and easing painful obstruction and toothache. It is generally given in decoction of the aerial parts. Caution is warranted because the plant is a solanaceous species whose berries are toxic; the poisonous fruit is excluded and dosing should follow professional guidance.
Western Herbalism Properties
Botanical Description
Huang Shui Qie is a folk Chinese name commonly applied to Solanum surattense Burm.f. (synonym S. virginianum, S. xanthocarpum) of the Solanaceae, a low spreading, much-branched, prickly perennial herb 30-75 cm tall. The stems and leaf veins bear stout straight yellow prickles. Alternate, ovate to elliptic leaves are deeply sinuate-lobed, 5-10 cm long, with sharp prickles on both surfaces. Pale violet, star-shaped, five-lobed flowers 1.5-2.5 cm across appear in lateral cymes and produce globose berries 1-1.5 cm across that turn from green-streaked to glossy yellow at maturity. Widespread through southern China, India, and Southeast Asia, the plant is moderately toxic owing to steroidal glycoalkaloids (solanine, solasodine). In Chinese folk and ethnic minority medicine the herb is used for cough, sore throat, toothache, and rheumatic pain; in Ayurveda the same species is recognized as Kantakari, one of the Dashamoola roots.
Dosage
| Form | Amount | Frequency | Duration | Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decoction | 6-15g | Daily | — | — | — |
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