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Guang Jin Qian Cao · Desmodii Styracifolii Herba
Primary Actions
- Clears damp-heat and relieves strangury ... Guang Jin Qian Cao is a classic southern stone herb for dysuria, sand-like urine, and lower-burner heat accumulation.
- Promotes urination and facilitates the passage of urinary or biliary calculi ... this is the defining clinical lane of the herb family.
- Clears damp-heat jaundice and hepatobiliary irritation ... it is also used when stone and bile-heat patterns overlap.
Classic Formulas
- Shi Lin Tong and other damp-heat stone formulas ... the main traditional lane for Guang Jin Qian Cao.
- Pairings with Hai Jin Sha and Ji Nei Jin ... common when gravel, burning urination, or recurrent stones dominate.
- Jaundice combinations with Yin Chen and Zhi Zi ... used when lower-burner damp-heat and hepatobiliary heat occur together.
Classical Text References
- Regional Chinese materia medica keep Guang Jin Qian Cao on the Desmodium branch of the Jin Qian Cao family rather than the Lysimachia branch.
- Trade and pharmacopoeial sources both stress source verification because the same common-name family includes several different medicinal plants.