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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:59.633956+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/jin-qian-cao/</canonical>
  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">jin qian cao</name>
    <name type="chinese">金钱草</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Lysimachiae</name>
    <name type="english">christina loosestrife</name>
    <name type="japanese">kinsenso</name>
    <name type="korean">keumjeoncho</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drain Dampness</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Gallbladder</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination, relieves painful urinary dysfunction and expels urinary stones</summary>
      <indication>Lin (painful urinary dysfunction), including painful dribbling urination with Damp-Heat signs</indication>
      <indication>Stones of the kidney, bladder or urinary tract; can be given on its own</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder and expels gallstones</summary>
      <indication>Liver and Gallbladder Damp-Heat with jaundice, red swollen eyes or gallstones</indication>
      <indication>Hepatitis showing Damp-Heat signs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, resolves toxicity and reduces swelling</summary>
      <indication>Snakebite, abscesses, sores, swellings and traumatic injury, with the fresh herb applied topically</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
