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Alternate English names: lesser moneywort

Alternate Chinese names: 马蹄金 mǎ tí jīn

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Dichondra repens Forst.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Bitter and acrid; cool; toxic.^✽

Channel entry: Lung and liver channels.✽

Actions and indications: Clears heat, resolves toxin, disinhibits water, and quickens the blood. Treats jaundice; dysentery; sand strangury; white turbidity; water swelling; toxin swelling of clove sores (dīng); injury from knocks and falls.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (6–15g). Topical: Apply crushed.

Notes: Used as moneywort in Sìchuān 金钱草 in Sìchuān.

Production area: Sìchuān and the south of China.

See: Jīn qián cǎo (金钱草 Lysimachiae Herba, moneywort)

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