Lysimachia (Jinqiancao)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Herba Lysimachiae Herba Desmodii |
| Botanical Name: | Lysimachia christinae Hance (primulaceae) Dessmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr. (Leguminosae) |
| Common Name: | Lysimachia Desmodium |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Bencao Gangmu Shiyi |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The whole plant is gathered in summer or autumn, cleaned and dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet or no taste and neutral |
| Meridian: | Liver, gall bladder, kidney and urinary bladder |
| Functions: | To promote water metabolism and relieve abnormal urination To transform dampness and relieve jaundice |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Damp-heat in the urinary bladder manifested as hot urination, urinary tract stones, painful urination, frequent urination, urgency of micturition, abdominal pain and biliary stones. *Use with Lygodium spores (Haijinsha) and Chicken’s gizzard skin (Jineijin) in the formula Sanjin Tang. 2. Damp-heat jaundice. *Use with Oriental wormwood (Yinchenhao) and Capejasmine (Zhizi). |
| Dosage: | 30-60 g |