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Securinega, Yi Ye Qiu 一叶秋

Yi Ye Qiu (TCM)
Vellaippula (Siddha)
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Securinega suffruticosa
Pallas, P.S., Lamarck, Voyages du professeur Pallas, dans plusieurs
provinces de l’empire de Russie et dans l’Asie septentrionale, éd. 2, atlas
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Securinega suffruticosa
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Botanical name:
Securinega suffruticosa (syn. S. ramiflora, Flueggea suffruticosa, Pharnaceum suffruticosum, Chenopodium suffruticosum)
Securinega virosa is also used.

Parts used:
Root, Twig

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent. Slightly Toxic (Root is most Toxic)

Constituents:
Alkaloids: securinine, allosecurinine, dihydrosecurinine, securinol A, B and C, securitinine; Leaf contains clinine and monophylline.

Uses:
1. Settles Wind, Stops Spasms

-Neuralgia, Neuritis, Numbness
-Paralysis, including that following infectious diseases, Facial Paralysis, Hemiplegia
-sequelae of poliomyelitis
-Neurasthenia, Depression, Schizophrenia, Senile Dementia
-Vertigo, Deafness
-root decoction is used in India to promote sleep

2. Strengthens the Kidneys, Warms the Yang, Benefits the Sinews and Bones:
-Impotence, Sexual Debility
-Lumbago
-Leukorrhea


Dose:
Twig in Decoction: 6–9 grams

Substitute:
1. It is sometimes used as a substitute for Nux Vomica.

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:


Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy
2. Avoid overdose.

Main Preparations used:


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1. POTENT CNS STIMULANT
-Securinine is a CNS stimulant, similar to strychnine but less toxic. Small doses excite nervous system and quicken reflexes. Large doses causes strychnine-like convulsions.

2. CARDIOTONIC:
-Stimulatory effect on Heart muscles.

3. STIMULATES RBC PRODUCTION:
-IP injection of
clinine stimulated mouse bone marrow.

4. NEUROPROTECTIVE / PARKINSON'S DISEASE:
-Anti-Inflammatory and Neuroprotective Role of Natural Product Securinine in Activated Glial Cells: Implications for Parkinson's Disease
4. ANTI-CANCER:
-L-securinine inhibits the proliferation of A549 lung cancer cells and promotes DKK1 promoter methylation
-Induction of human chronic myeloid leukemia K562 cell apoptosis by virosecurinine and its molecular mechanism
-Virosecurinine induces apoptosis in human leukemia THP-1 cells and other underlying molecular mechanisms
-Securinine from Phyllanthus glaucus Induces Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Human Cervical Cancer HeLa Cells
-L-securinine inhibits cell growth and metastasis of human androgen-independent prostate cancer DU145 cells via regulating mitochondrial and AGTR1/MEK/ERK/STAT3/PAX2 apoptotic pathways

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