Solanum lyratum Bai Ying 白英

Bai Ying, Bai Mao Teng, Shu Yang Quan (TCM)
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Thunberg, C.P., Icones plantarum japonicarum (1794-1805)

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Botanical name:


Solanum lyratum

Parts used:


Whole herb

Temperature & Taste:


Cold, dry. Bitter, slightly Toxic

Classification:




Uses:


1. Clears Heat and Damp:
-Edema, Strangury, Ascites
-Jaundice
–cholecystitis, cholelithiasis
-Leukorrhea

2. Clears Wind-Damp:
-Arthritis, Rheumatism (Root is best)

3. Resolves Masses:
-various Tumors
-Cancers, especially Lung, Throat, Liver and Bone

4. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-Cold, Fever
-Malaria
-Erysipelas
-Sores, Breast Swellings and Abscess
-topically to toxic sores and carbuncles

5. Kills Worms:
-used for Worms, especially Roundworm


Dose:


The Whole Herb, Fruit or Root can be used in similar doses.
Decoction: 5–15 grams; up to 30 grams is given for tumors, cancers, worms etc.

Substitute:


Similar to Solanum dulcamara and Solanum nigrum

Main Combinations:


1. Lung Cancer
i. Solanum lyratum, Sedum sarmentosum
ii. Solanum lyratum, Dang Gui, Solanum nigrum Long Kui, Astragalus Huang Qi
iii. Solanum lyratum, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao, Lobelia root Ban Bian Lian, Scutellaria Ban Zhi Lian
2. Vocal Cord Cancer, Solanum lyratum, Solanum nigrum Long Kui, Duchesnea indica, Salvia chinensis, Ophiopogon Mai Men Dong, Pyrrosia
3. Roundworms, fruit or root of Solanum lyratum is decoted and taken half in the morning and the remainder at night. (Barefoot Doctors Manual)

Major Formulas:



Cautions:


1. Avoid overdose.
2. Best avoided in Pregnancy
3. Caution in deficiency
4. In TCM it is generally only used in cases with Damp-Heat

Main Preparations used:



  • Extra Info
  • Research
CANCER:
–A Study on the Inhibitory Effect of Solanum Lyratum Thunb Extract on Lewis Lung Carcinoma Lines
–A Study on Anti-Tumour Effect of Solanum Lyratum Thunb. Extract in S180 Tumour-Bearing Mice
–Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells induced by ethanol extracts of Solanum lyratum Thumb through the mitochondrial pathway
–Solanum lyratum Extracts Induce Extrinsic and Intrinsic Pathways of Apoptosis in WEHI-3 Murine Leukemia Cells and Inhibit Allograft Tumor
–Anticancer activity of sesquiterpenoids extracted from Solanum lyratum via the induction of mitochondria-mediated apoptosis
–Ethanol Extracts of Solanum lyratum Thunb Regulate Ovarian Cancer Cell Proliferation, Apoptosis, and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) via the ROS-Mediated p53 Pathway