Long Kui - 龍葵 - Herba Solani Nigri

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Solani Nigri
Common English:	Black Nightshade Solanum Winter Cherry Herb

Category

Herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire: Herbs that Cleat and Relieve Toxicity

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Slightly Bitter (Bitter) (Sweet)	Cold Slightly Toxic	Lung Stomach Bladder	15-30g Tincture: 1-3ml

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Heat, Invigorates the Blood, Reduces swellings, Resolves toxicity	Sores and abscess, pruritic sores and rashes, erysipelas swollen and painful throat and cancer Treats erysipelas and furuncle topically
Promotes urination, and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction	Hot, painful urinary dysfunction or edema with urinary dysfunction

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye Rz. Belamcandae She Gan (Lasiosphere/Calvatia) (Ma Bo)	Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua (Hb. Violae) (Zi Hua Di Ding)	Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui
Acute, swollen and painful throat.	Topically and internally for abscesses, sores and toxic swellings.	Pruritic sores and rashes. Itching of eczema.
Hb. Scutellariae Barbatae Ban Zhi Lian	Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie Fol. Pyrrosiae Shi Wei
Cancers.	Hot, painful urinary dysfunction. Edema with urinary dysfunction.

Notes

1. In addition, this herb stops cough, expels Phlegm and relieves itching.
2. Topically, the leaves are used for pemphigus and other toxic swellings. They disperse Blood, reduce Heat, and suppress the toxic effects of metals and minerals. It also expels corrupted Blood in women and treats bronchitis as well as many types of cancer.
3. Research has shown that it inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
4. The fruit reduces deep-rooted swellings and restores the sinews.
5. Furuncles are cured by the seed.
6. It is reported to treat swelling and Heat and to clear fever.
7. The root promotes urination, particularly when combined with Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong.
8. Traumatic injury is also treated with it.
9. It is reported to treat illnesses caused by Wind.
10. It treats lochioschesis in women and Yuan Qi Deficiency in men.