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Alternate English names: lysimachia

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

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Lysimachia christinae Hance. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Lysimachia christinae Hance*; Glechoma longituba (Nakai) Kupr; Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam. var. batrachium (Hance) Hand.-Mazz.; Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam.; Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr.; Glechoma longituba (Nakai) Kupr

Use: Medicinal

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

Properties: Bitter and acrid; cool.

Actions and indications: Clears heat and disinhibits urine, settles cough, disperses swelling, and resolves toxin. Treats 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 and method: Oral: Decoct (9–15g) or steep in wine.

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

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