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