Can Prunella vulgaris Treat Breast Hyperplasia? A Detailed Explanation of Its Effects and Uses

Prunella vulgaris is the dried fruit spike of the Lamiaceae plant Prunella vulgaris. It has the effects of clearing fire and brightening the eyes, clearing liver fire, and dissipating nodules and swelling. Breast hyperplasia refers to the proliferation of mammary epithelium and fibrous tissue, the degenerative changes in the structure of the ducts and lobules of breast tissue, and the progressive growth of connective tissue. Its main cause is endocrine hormone imbalance. Below, let us take a look at whether Prunella vulgaris can treat breast hyperplasia.

Can Prunella vulgaris treat breast hyperplasia?

Prunella vulgaris can assist in treating breast hyperplasia. Prunella vulgaris can only play an auxiliary role in treating breast hyperplasia. Although most patients with breast hyperplasia show obvious improvement after using Prunella vulgaris to treat breast hyperplasia, it has a therapeutic effect on breast hyperplasia only when combined with other Chinese herbal medicines. If Prunella vulgaris is simply brewed as tea, it only has the effects of clearing fire and brightening the eyes, clearing liver fire, and dissipating nodules and swelling, while breast hyperplasia is not as simple as just dissipating nodules and reducing swelling.

The effects and functions of Prunella vulgaris

[Nature and flavor] Pungent and bitter in flavor, cold in nature.

[Meridian entry] Liver and gallbladder meridians.

[Effects] Clears liver fire and purges fire, brightens the eyes, dissipates nodules and reduces swelling. It mainly treats red, swollen and painful eyes, nighttime eye pain, headache and dizziness, scrofula, goiter, acute mastitis, breast nodules, breast distension and pain, and other conditions.

1. Clearing liver fire and brightening the eyes: Prunella vulgaris is used for red, swollen and painful eyes due to liver heat, as well as headache and dizziness due to liver yang rising. It can be combined with kuding tea and wild chrysanthemum.

2. Clearing heat and dissipating nodules: Prunella vulgaris is used for mastitis and mumps, and can be combined with Bupleurum, red peony root, and Zhejiang fritillary. For scrofula and goiter, it is often combined with oyster shell and Zhejiang fritillary.

How does Prunella vulgaris treat breast hyperplasia?

1. Ruhe Yin: Bupleurum 12 g, white peony root 12 g, Cyperus rotundus 12 g, turmeric 12 g, green tangerine peel 9 g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 9 g, Sparganium stoloniferum 9 g, raw oyster shell 30 g (decocted first), Hedyotis diffusa 15 g, Prunella vulgaris 30 g, Astragalus 15 g. Decoct in water, 1 dose per day, taken twice a day.

2. Rukuaixiao Tang: Trichosanthes fruit 15 g, raw oyster shell 15 g, Prunella vulgaris 15 g, kelp 15 g, Sargassum 15 g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 15 g, Bupleurum 9 g, asparagus root 9 g, Sparganium stoloniferum 9 g, Curcuma zedoaria 9 g, tangerine leaf 9 g, tangerine seed 9 g, Pinellia ternata 9 g. Decoct in water, 1 dose per day, taken in 2 divided doses.

3. Gongjian San: Prunella vulgaris 30 g, Scrophularia 30 g, raw oyster shell 30 g, kelp 15 g, ginger Pinellia 12 g, Sargassum 12 g, green tangerine peel 9 g, dried tangerine peel 9 g, Sparganium stoloniferum 6 g, Curcuma zedoaria 6 g. Decoct in water, or grind into powder and take with boiling water.