Yellow Water Eggplant (Solanum undatum)

黄水茄huáng shuǐ qiéHuangshuiqie

Solanum undatum · Plant

Solanum, standing in for Solanum undatum
This photo shows Solanum, not Solanum undatum: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains solanine alkaloids; potentially toxic; avoid internal use; avoid during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Yellow Water Eggplant for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Yellow Water Eggplant does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DigestiveBenefit RespiratoryBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Solanum undatum and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Digestive0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Benefit Skin2 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome1 records