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Hedyotis, Bai Hua She She Cao 白花蛇舌草

Bai Hua She She Cao (TCM)
Kshetraparpata (Ayurveda)
Oldenlandia tenuifolia
Burman, N.L., Flora Indica (1768)
Oldenlandia corymbosa (Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, 1821)
Hedyotis corymbosa
(Photo by Vengolis) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:
Hedyotis (syn. Oldenlandia) spp.
  1. H. diffusa (syn. Oldenlandia diffusa) (TCM)
  2. H. corymbosa (syn. Oldenlandia corymbosa) (TCM, India)
  3. H. pinifolia (TCM)
  4. H. tenuifolia (syn. Oldenlandia tenuifolia) (TCM)
  5. H. herbacea (India)

Parts used:
Herb

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet

Classification:
B. Clears Heat and Toxin

Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Poison, Reduces Abscesses:
-Toxic Sores, Ulcers and Abscesses
-Internal Abscesses, Acute Appendicitis
-Sore Throat, Laryngitis, Tonsillitis from Heat-Toxin
-Lung-Heat Cough, Dyspnea, Pneumonia
-also Dysentery, Hepatitis
-used similarly, regarded as a Blood purifier in Ayurveda
-Snake Bite (proven effect against Snake Venom)

2. Clears Heat and Toxin, Resolves Masses:
-Toxic Swellings, Scrofula, Tumors
-Prostatitis
-recently important in Cancer treatment
-water extract is effective against various cancer cell lines; Iridoids, Anthraquinones, Flavonoids, Triterpenoids and Polysaccharides contribute to the effect.

3. Clears Damp-Heat, Resolves Damp, Promotes Urine:
-hot, painful Urine, Urinary Tract Infection
-Dribbling or Obstructed Urine, Strangury
-Diarrhea (Ayurveda)
-Jaundice

4. Externally:
-Sores, Carbuncles
-topically to Leukoplakia
-Leprosy


DOSE:
15–30 grams in decoction

COMMENT:
This has become one of the important anti-cancer medicines in modern China.

SUBSTITUTE:
In Kerala, India, Oldenlandia is used as a substitute for Fumitory. Fumitory is also used and can be substituted for most indications.

Main Combinations:
Often combined with Scutellaria barbata Ban Zhi Lian for Tumors and Cancers.

1. Boils, Abscesses, Toxic Swellings:
i. Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying), Violet (Zi Hua Di Ding)
ii. Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Lonicera Jin Yin Hua, Forsythia Lian Qiao
2. Sore Throat, Tonsillitis:
i. Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Figwort (Xuan Shen), Platycodon Jie Geng
ii. Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Burdock seed (Niu Bang Zi), Licorice
iii. Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Isatis leaf (Da Qing Ye), Chrysanthemum indicum Ye Ju Hua, Violet (Zi Hua Di Ding)
iv. Tonsiullitis, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao, Scutellaria Huang Qin, Forsythia Lian Qiao, Figwort (Xuan Shen), Isatis Ban Lan Gen, Platycodon Jie Geng, Licorice,
3. Strangury, obstructed Urine, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Water Plantain (Ze Xie), Plantain seed (Che Qian Zi), Agrimony (Xian He Cao), Coptis Huang Lian (as in Long Qing Pian)
4. Diarrhea with Fever, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Swertia, Cyperus rotundus, Tinospora, Ginger (Ayurveda)
5. Appendicitis:
i. Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Rhubarb (Da Huang), Paeonia Mu Dan Pi
ii. Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Da Huang Mu Dan Tang (a formula).
6. Cholelithiasis, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Artemisia Yin Chen Hao, Madder (Qian Cao)
7. Hepatitis:
i. acute Icteric Jaundice from Hepatitis, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao, Self Heal (Xia Ku Cao) (30 grams each), Licorice (15 grams). This was used for 72 patients with 100% effectiveness. Average length of treatment was 25 days.
ii. Chronic Hepatitis, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Astragalus Huang Qi, Atractylodes Bai Zhu, Artemisia Yin Chen Hao, Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying), Salvia Dan Shen (as in Yi Gan Ning Keli)
iii. Hepatitis B, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao, Lysmachia Jin Qian Cao (20 grams each), Curcuma Yu Jin, Isatis Ban Lan Gen, Cyperus Xiang Fu, Salvia Dan Shen, Paeonia Bai Shao (15 grams each), Artemisia Yin Chen Hao, Bupleurum Chai Hu,  Gardenia Zhi Zi (12 grams each), Licorice (5 grams). Decoct and take as a dose once daily.
8. Gastric Hyperplasia and Intestinal Metaplasia, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Smilax Tu Fu Ling, Bletilla Bai Ji, Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying), Paeonia Bai Shao, Cyperus rotundus (Xiang Fu), Licorice (as in Xiao Wei Yan San). In clinical trials it was found to have an effective rate of 92%.
9. Pneumonia in children, an injection is prepared from Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao in China which has been found effective.
10. Epididymal stagnation after vasectomy, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao (20 grams), Phellodendrum Huang Bai, Figwort (Xuan Shen), Rhemannia Sheng Di, Forsythia Lian Qiao, Lychee pip (Li Zhi He), Paeonia Bai Shao (15 grams each), Safflower (Hong Hua) 10 grams, Sparganium San Leng (12 grams), Achyranthes Niu Xi (12 grams), Licorice (5 grams). Decoct to be taken daily.
11. Prostatitis, take Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao as common tea throughout the day.
12. Cancer:
i. often Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao is combined with Scutellaria barbata Ban Zhi Lian
ii. Breast and Lymphatic Cancers, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao is used with Asparagus Tian Men Dong.
iii. Gastric or Esophageal Cancer from Phlegm and Heat with Qi and Blood stagnation, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao with Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying), Scutellaria barbata Ban Zhi Lian, Sophora Ku Shen, Black Nightshade (Long Kui), Rhubarb (Da Huang), Frankincense (Ru Xiang), Astragalus Huang Qi (as in Jin Pu Jiao Nong)
13. Snake Bite, Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao topically with Paris Chong Lou, Violet (Zi Hua Di Ding)

Major Formulas:
Long Qing Pian
Jin Pu Jiao Nong
Yi Gan Ning Keli
Zhong Hua Die Da Wan

Cautions:
1. With Caution during Pregnancy
2. It has shown to reduce sperm production and lower libido after a few weeks use (these effects are reversible when discontinued).

Main Preparations used: