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| Latin Name |
English Name |
Sanskrit Names |
Hindi Name |
Solanum nigrum
Linn. (Solanaceae)
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Black Nightshade |
Kakamachi,
Kakahva |
Makoi |
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| History |
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It has
been used in early Ayurveda along with other ingredients in heart
disease. It was also stated that the berries of this plant could be
eaten without danger. It appears to have been used chiefly by the
Greeks as a local application to inflamed parts. In Persia it has
been described to be useful in dropsy and as a diuretic. Most Arabian
and Persian writers of Materia Medica describe four different kinds.
Mr. M. Shariff in his supplement to the pharmacopeia of India speaks
very favourably of it as a cathartic and diuretic. In 1890, the physiological
action of solanine,the active principle of this plant, had been investigated
by Max Perles. He found its action upon amoeboids, infusoria and ciliated
epithelium cells to be that of a powerful protoplasmic poison.
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| Habitat |
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Found
throughout India in dry parts, up to an elevation of 2,100 m.
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| Morphology
Description (Habit) |
S.nigrum
is a herbaceous or suffrutescent weed. The leaves are ovate or oblong,
sinuate-toothed or lobed, narrowed at both ends; the flowers are white,
in drooping umbel-like 3-8-flowered clusters; the berries are red,
yellow or black and round; the seeds are discoid, smooth, yellow and
minutely pitted.
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| Principal
Constituents |
Solamargine and solasonine.
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| Indications |
The plant is effective
in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver. The plant is also credited
with emollient, diuretic, antiseptic and laxative properties.
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| Product
Range |
Evecare (MenstriCare),
Geriforte (GeriCare / StressCare), Herbolax (LaxaCare), Liv.52 (LiverCare),
Liv.52 drops, Galactin Vet, Geriforte Aqua, Geriforte Vet, Liv.52 Vet (Companion),
Liv.52 (Commercial), Liv.52 Protec.
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