Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

jīn qián cǎo / 金钱草 / 金錢草 / moneywort;

Latin pharmacognostic name: Lysimachiae Herba

Alternate English names: lysimachia

Alternate Chinese names: 透骨消[2] tòu gǔ xiāo; 连钱草[2] lián qián cǎo

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Water-disinhibiting dampness-percolating agents / Dampness-disinhibiting jaundice-abating agents

Properties: Bitter and acrid; cool.

Channel entry:

Indications:

Clears heat and disinhibits urine, settles cough, disperses swelling, and resolves toxin.

jaundice; water swelling; stone or strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó); cough; pulmonary welling-abscesses (fèi yōng); malarial disease; vaginal discharge; wind-damp impediment (fēng shī bì) pain; child gān accumulations; fright epilepsy (jīng xián); swollen welling-abscesses (yōng zhǒng), sores and lichen (xiǎn); eczema.

Dosage & Method:

Oral: Decoct (9–15g) or steep in wine.

Product Area:

Lysimachia christinae: Sìchuān. Glechoma longituba: Jiāngsū, Zhèjiāng, Manchuria. Desmodium styracifolium: Guǎngdōng. Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides batrachium: Jiāngxī. Dichondra repens: Sìchuān.