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Alternate English names: Cantonese moneywort

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet and bland; balanced; nontoxic*.

Actions and indications: Clears heat and eliminates dampness; disinhibits urine and frees strangury. Treats urinary tract infection; urinary calculus; gallstones; nephritic edema; jaundice; gān accumulation; swollen welling-abscesses (yōng zhǒng).

Production area: Produced mainly in Guǎngdōng, but also in Fújiàn, Guǎngxī, and Húnán.

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