Lysimachia (Jinqiancao)
Dessmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr. (Leguminosae)
Pharmaceutical Name: 1. Herba
Lysimachiae; 2. Herba Desmodii
Botanical Name: 1. Lysimachia christinae Hance (Primulaceae); 2. Dessmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr. (Leguminosae)
Common Name: Lysimachia, loosestrife Guang jin, 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).
3. For boils, sores, and carbuncles, fresh Herba Lysimachiae is pounded to extract the juice
for oral administration.
Dosage: 30-60 g g, decocted in water
for an oral dose; 60–120 g, if used fresh. Appropriate quantity for external application.
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