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Jin Qian Cao (Christina Loosestrife Herb)

A practical guide to Jin Qian Cao: what it is, how Traditional Chinese Medicine uses it, the classical formulas it appears in, and who should be careful with it.

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Last reviewed Oct 29, 2026

Quick Facts

Latin NameLysimachiae Herba
Chinese Name & Pinyin 金錢草 · Jin Qian Cao
Medicinal PartWhole herbs
The itemJin Qian Cao is the dried whole herb of Lysimachia christinae. Ji Nei Jin is not this herb. It usually goes into decoctions or a mild tea.
Nature and channelsSweet, bland, neutral. Enters the Liver, Gallbladder, Kidney, and Bladder. Sweet-bland neutral percolates dampness, drains damp-heat, frees strangury, and reduces jaundice.
Pharmacopoeia lineClears damp-heat, frees strangury, reduces jaundice. Traditionally used for jaundice, edema, strangury with turbid urine, sores and swellings, and scrofula; in practice for liver-gallbladder and bladder damp-heat.
Pattern cuesYellow skin or eye whites. Bitter mouth. Scanty dark burning urine. Sandy difficult urination. A heavy body.
In this articleJin Qian Cao versus Ji Nei Jin. Draining damp-heat versus digesting food. Why long-term use is a poor idea. Why jaundice and stones need a clinic. Who should skip it.

What Is Jin Qian Cao?

Jin Qian Cao (金钱草; Jīn Qián Cǎo; Latin: Lysimachiae Herba; English: Christina loosestrife) in the current pharmacopoeia is the dried whole herb of Lysimachia christinae, a creeping perennial of the primrose family, collected in summer and autumn. It is sweet, bland, and neutral, enters the Liver, Gallbladder, Kidney, and Bladder channels, and its core actions are to clear and drain damp-heat and reduce jaundice, and to promote urination and free strangury. It usually goes into a decoction. The usual amount is 15–60 g. It needs no special cooking order and can go in with the other herbs. A mild herbal tea of around 10 g is a light daily form.

It is not Ji Nei Jin. Chicken gizzard lining is sweet and neutral; its main job is to digest food stagnation and strengthen the spleen, and it only secondarily helps to resolve stones. Jin Qian Cao drains damp-heat instead of tonifying the middle. People with a cold, weak spleen and stomach, long-term loose stools, or a weak constitution should not use it on their own. Pregnancy and breastfeeding need a practitioner's call. Overuse may damage spleen-stomach qi and worsen diarrhea.

It is used most often for three patterns:

  • Damp-heat jaundice, yellow eye whites, hypochondriac distending pain, bitter mouth — seek care
  • Bladder damp-heat: scanty, dark, burning and painful urination
  • Urinary or biliary stones with sandy, difficult urination — seek care

Sweet, bland, and neutral, it is not a daily “drainage tea” to keep increasing. Draining dampness when there is no damp-heat harms the spleen and stomach and loosens the stools.

When damp-heat steams the liver and gallbladder, or clogs the bladder, jaundice, bitter mouth, and painful dribbling urination are common. Jin Qian Cao is sweet, bland, and neutral. It percolates downward and sends the damp-heat out through the urine, which is why it is the chief herb in Dan Dao Pai Shi Tang (Biliary Stone-Discharging Decoction)–type formulas for the gallbladder and San Jin Pai Shi Tang (Three-Gold Stone-Discharging Decoction)–type formulas for the urinary tract. It drains more than it holds. A cold, weak spleen and stomach, with no damp-heat, get worse if more is added.

Jin Qian Cao is not a catch-all “stone tea” or detox drink. In a cold, weak spleen and stomach, with long-term loose stools, or in pregnancy, using it alone is a poor match. Decoction or light tea, and whether it belongs in a formula, should be decided by a licensed Chinese medicine practitioner after pattern diagnosis.

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Jin Qian Cao: Materia Medica Profile

Identification & Quality Standard

Lysimachiae Herba

Botanical Origin

The dried whole herb of Lysimachia Christinae Hance (Primulaceae).

Production Regions

Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan.

Quality Requirements

Superior medicinal material has large leaves, green color.

Macroscopic Features

Whole herb is tangled into a cluster, lower stem nodes sometimes have thin rootlets. Stem is crooked, about 1mm in diameter; externally reddish-brown, with longitudinal lines; fractured surface is solid grayish-white. Opposing leaves, often wrinkled and crushed, intact leaves are wide oval or heart shape, entire, upper surface is dark green to brownish-green, lower surface is light in color; after soaking in water and examining by light, black short lines can be seen; leaf stem is thin and long, sometimes one can see flower or fruit on the axil. faint odor; tasteless.

Main Regions and Quality Identification

Traditional materia medica and industry experience value the Sichuan and Zhejiang regions, but actual quality also depends on variety, harvest time, processing, and storage. In appearance, good-quality Jin Qian Cao has fine stems, a gray-green or yellowish-brown surface color, intact bright-green leaves, a few yellow flowers or fruits, a soft texture, a faint clear fragrance, and a bland taste. The difference between raw and processed is mainly the degree of drying — the processed product is the dried whole plant after cutting into segments, more regular in form and convenient for dispensing. The common look-alike is Ju Hua Guo Lu Huang of the Asteraceae family, whose leaf edges have sparse small teeth and whose flowers cluster at the stem tip — different from Jin Qian Cao's form; note the difference.

Traditional Properties & Historical Lineage

Nature, Flavour & Channel Tropism

Sweet, Salty; Slightly coldLiverGallbladderKidneyBladder

1. Records in Classic Materia Medica

  • Ben Cao Gang Mu Shi Yi: records that Jin Qian Cao "treats jaundice, edema, strangury with turbid urine, abnormal vaginal discharge, ulcers and swellings, and scrofula" — defining its basic actions of clearing damp-heat, freeing painful urination, and reducing jaundice.
  • Cao Mu Bian Fang: records that it "removes wind toxin, clears damp-heat, benefits urination, and frees strangury" — adding its action of clearing the damp-heat of the lower burner.
  • Zhong Guo Yao Yong Zhi Wu Zhi: notes it can be used for jaundice-type hepatitis and urinary tract infections.

These records all center on Jin Qian Cao's core damp-heat-clearing character, without exaggerating its action.

2. How Views of Its Nature Changed

Different physicians saw it somewhat differently. The Qing-dynasty physician Zhao Xue Min, in the Ben Cao Gang Mu Shi Yi, leaned more toward its detoxifying and swelling-dissolving action, holding that it can be used as an auxiliary for ulcers and swellings. In modern Chinese clinical practice, more physicians focus on its liver-gallbladder and bladder damp-heat clearing action — for improving jaundice and difficult urination. Some physicians also emphasize that Jin Qian Cao's nature leans percolating-draining: for people with a weak constitution or long-term diarrhea, use with caution and not in excess, to avoid damaging the vital qi — showing it is not a herb for all constitutions and needs adjustment to the specific situation.

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Core Efficacies & Traditional Applications

Traditional Functions

Leaches dampness and resolves jaundice, promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria, resolves toxin and reduces swelling.

1. First Direction: Clearing Damp-Heat and Reducing Jaundice

  • Traditional action: the core is clearing the damp-heat of the liver and gallbladder and helping reduce jaundice, improving the related problems of liver-gallbladder damp-heat.
  • Typical signs: commonly used for jaundice-type hepatitis and cholecystitis belonging to the liver-gallbladder damp-heat pattern — shown as yellow skin or eye whites, yellow urine, hypochondriac distension and pain, bitter mouth, and poor appetite.
  • Usual combinations: traditionally often paired with Yin Chen and Zhi Zi to strengthen the liver-gallbladder damp-heat clearing — for example, Yin Chen Hao Tang carries a similar combination logic, using several herbs together to better clear and drain the damp-heat.
  • Who should not self-use: those with a weak constitution, long-term diarrhea, or spleen-stomach cold — Jin Qian Cao leans percolating-draining and may worsen the spleen-stomach cold symptoms, making the diarrhea worse.

2. Second Direction: Freeing Strangury and Promoting Urination

  • Traditional action: the core is clearing the damp-heat of the lower burner, freeing strangury and promoting urination, improving difficult urination.
  • Typical signs: commonly used for urinary tract infections and urinary stones belonging to the bladder damp-heat pattern — shown as frequent, scanty, dark, painful urination, or difficult urine discharge with lumbar-abdominal pain.
  • Usual combinations: traditionally often paired with Hai Jin Sha and Ji Nei Jin to strengthen the stone-passing, diuretic, or strangury-freeing effect — common strangury-freeing formulas carry such combinations, targeting urinary stones or infections.
  • Who should not self-use: those with renal insufficiency, profuse clear urine, or a deficiency-cold constitution — the diuretic strangury-freeing action may add burden to the kidney or worsen the deficiency-cold symptoms.

3. Classic Pairing: Jin Qian Cao With Hai Jin Sha

The common herb pair is Jin Qian Cao with Hai Jin Sha. Hai Jin Sha itself also clears damp-heat and frees strangury to stop pain; after pairing, Jin Qian Cao focuses on clearing the damp-heat source of the lower burner, while Hai Jin Sha focuses on freeing strangury, stopping pain, and improving the painful urine of strangury. Together they coordinate, strengthening the strangury-freeing and diuretic effect — fitting the painful, difficult urine of bladder damp-heat. This pair needs a practitioner's pattern diagnosis, with the dose and combination adjusted to the specific situation.

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Modern Research

Modern research offers useful context, but Traditional Chinese Medicine prescribes on whole-pattern diagnosis rather than isolated compounds.

1. Main Chemical Constituents

Detected constituents include flavonoids, phenolic acids, and sterols, with flavonoids such as quercetin and kaempferol among the main active constituents. In vitro experiments observed that some extracts of Jin Qian Cao inhibit the growth of certain bacteria — but this is only an in vitro result and cannot be directly equated with an anti-infection effect in humans. In animal experiments, the extract was observed to promote bile secretion in animals to a certain extent — but animal and human metabolic mechanisms differ and the result cannot be directly applied. Sufficient human clinical research clarifying the specific action of these constituents in the human body is still lacking.

2. Current Research Directions

Current research mainly focuses on the damp-heat-clearing-related mechanisms of Jin Qian Cao. Studies show that the flavonoid constituents may have some effect on certain inflammatory mediators in in vitro experiments, suggesting some anti-inflammatory potential; in animal experiments, some extracts of Jin Qian Cao were observed to help increase the urine output of animals, with some promoting effect on urine excretion. But more human research is still needed to verify whether these results apply to humans.

3. Limitations of Current Research

  • Lab results are not clinical efficacy — in vitro and animal results cannot directly show that Jin Qian Cao reaches the same effect when used in humans, because the human physiological environment differs greatly from the experimental environment.
  • Extracts and monomers are not the same as traditional decoction pieces — the extracts or monomers used in modern research differ completely from the daily Jin Qian Cao slice in dose and form; do not use the experimental dose to guide daily use.
  • Doses and preparation methods vary between studies — different experiments use different Jin Qian Cao doses and extraction methods, making results hard to unify and preventing a clear clinical-use standard.
  • A single component does not define the whole herb — Jin Qian Cao's action is the joint result of many constituents; the activity of one constituent alone cannot fully determine the whole herb's full action — the overall action needs comprehensive consideration.

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Comparing Similar Herbs

1. What They Share

Jin Qian Cao and Ji Nei Jin share:

  • Both have clearing damp-heat and freeing strangury actions — both can be used to improve the patterns related to difficult urination.
  • Both may appear in lower-burner damp-heat-regulating formulas.
  • Both need constitution and dose care — not for long-term use in large amounts.

2. The Key Differences: Jin Qian Cao vs. Ji Nei Jin

  • Nature and flavors: Jin Qian Cao is neutral with sweet-bland flavors, leaning percolating-draining, mainly clearing damp-heat; Ji Nei Jin is neutral with a sweet flavor, leaning toward resolving food stagnation, fortifying the spleen, freeing strangury, and breaking stones — also carrying a spleen-fortifying action, different from Jin Qian Cao's percolating-draining focus.
  • Focus: Jin Qian Cao is especially good at clearing the damp-heat of the liver-gallbladder and bladder — improving jaundice and painful urination; Ji Nei Jin is especially good at resolving food stagnation, fortifying the spleen, and opening the appetite, while assisting strangury-freeing and stone-breaking — leaning more toward spleen-stomach regulation and auxiliary stone improvement, not purely clearing damp-heat.
  • Qi tendency: Jin Qian Cao is a descending herb — guiding the action downward, acting on the lower burner, mainly percolating and draining damp-heat without tonifying action; Ji Nei Jin's tendency leans toward the spleen-stomach's transportation — helping digest food and also assisting the lower-burner qi movement, without an obvious descending or rising tendency.
  • Best fit: Jin Qian Cao's traditional indications are the damp-heat-obvious signs of jaundice, scanty dark painful urination, and a heavy body; Ji Nei Jin's traditional indications are difficult urination from food accumulation, indigestion, or spleen-stomach weakness — leaning more toward poor spleen-stomach function.
  • Not suitable: Jin Qian Cao is not for those with spleen-stomach cold, long-term diarrhea, or a weak constitution; Ji Nei Jin is not for those with spleen-stomach accumulation but no deficiency signs, nor for people with a normal diet using it long-term in large amounts — to avoid affecting normal digestion.
  • Use scenes: Jin Qian Cao often appears in damp-heat-clearing formulas for jaundice and urinary tract infections; Ji Nei Jin often appears in digestion-promoting, spleen-fortifying formulas, or as an auxiliary for stone regulation with other herbs — rarely used alone for clearing damp-heat.

3. One-Sentence Summary

Simply put, Jin Qian Cao leans toward clearing the damp-heat of the liver-gallbladder and bladder — improving jaundice and painful urination; Ji Nei Jin leans toward fortifying the spleen, promoting digestion, and assisting strangury-freeing with stone-breaking. Both can be used for the situations related to difficult urination, but they are not interchangeable.

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Classical Formulas Containing Jin Qian Cao

Classic Formula 1: Dan Dao Pai Shi Tang (Biliary Stone-Expelling Decoction)

Combination logic: Jin Qian Cao is the lord — the core herb for clearing damp-heat, benefiting the gallbladder, and reducing jaundice, mainly addressing the biliary stones and jaundice of liver-gallbladder damp-heat. The formula also combines Yin Chen to strengthen the liver-gallbladder damp-heat clearing, Yu Jin to assist benefiting the gallbladder and stopping pain, and Zhi Ke to regulate the liver-gallbladder qi movement. Jin Qian Cao works with these herbs to jointly improve the damp-heat stagnation of the biliary tract. The herb alone cannot be used, because a single herb's action is limited and cannot attend to benefiting the gallbladder, moving qi, and stopping pain on several fronts.

Traditional use: traditionally for biliary stones and cholecystitis of the liver-gallbladder damp-heat stagnation pattern — shown as hypochondriac pain, jaundice, yellow urine, and bitter mouth.

Modern note: modern clinical use requires a doctor's pattern diagnosis and standard care; do not self-apply just because the formula name relates to biliary stones — use only under a doctor's guidance, adjusting the dose and combination to the specific condition.

Classic Formula 2: San Jin Pai Shi Tang (Three-Gold Stone-Expelling Decoction)

Combination logic: Jin Qian Cao is one of the lords — the main herb clearing the damp-heat of the lower burner and freeing strangury with diuresis. It is combined with Hai Jin Sha and Ji Nei Jin: Hai Jin Sha assists in freeing strangury and stopping pain, Ji Nei Jin assists in breaking and expelling stones; the three work together, strengthening the strangury-freeing and stone-expelling effect. The formula may also combine Shi Wei and Che Qian Zi to strengthen the diuretic effect. Jin Qian Cao alone cannot reach the stone-expelling purpose, because expelling stones needs synergy on several fronts.

Traditional use: traditionally for urinary stones and urinary tract infections of the bladder damp-heat pattern — shown as painful urination, difficult discharge, and lumbar-abdominal pain.

Modern note: modern clinical use requires a doctor's pattern diagnosis and standard care — do not judge suitability by the name alone; a physician must comprehensively assess whether it fits, considering the specific condition and the size and location of the stones.

Formulas vs. Single Herbs

A formula works through many herbs acting together — via the lord-minister-assistant-emissary combination it attends to several problems at once, with a more comprehensive action. A single herb cannot simply replicate a full formula's effect, because the doses and combinations in a formula are holistic — each herb's action coordinates with the others, and a single herb's range and strength are limited. Readers should note: because a herb works inside a formula does not mean taking it alone will produce the same effect; do not casually take a herb from a formula alone — use it reasonably under a doctor's guidance.

Diet & Daily Home Use

1. Home Tea and Porridge

Tea — Jin Qian Cao Cha: dried Jin Qian Cao slices 10 g, Dan Zhu Ye 3 g. Wash the two ingredients, put them in a teapot, steep in boiling water, cover 10 minutes, and drink; it can be re-steeped until the flavor fades. Suited to people who often feel heavy, pass yellow urine, and tend toward bitter mouth — especially in summer or after a heavy, greasy diet. Not for those with spleen-stomach cold, long-term diarrhea, or a weak constitution — to avoid worsening the discomfort. Suggested: 2–3 times a week, one cup each time; not for long-term continuous drinking. Note: Jin Qian Cao is a medicinal slice, not an ordinary food — do not eat it casually as food; it is best to confirm the quality of the slices before drinking, to avoid look-alike products.

2. Decoction and Processing Differences

The raw Jin Qian Cao is simply the dried whole plant without special processing — leaning clear-draining in nature, fitting damp-heat-clearing regulation. At present Jin Qian Cao generally has no special processed form and needs no special processing. At home, Jin Qian Cao needs no pre-boiling and no late addition; it can be put into the pot with the other herbs at the same time, adding enough water to soak, then decocted. For a standalone tea, steep in boiling water only — no decocting needed. Different forms cannot be converted directly — the slice dose and the tea dose differ; do not convert and use them by ratio casually.

3. Dosage and Course

The common dose range in traditional prescriptions is 15–60 g, adjusted to the specific condition; the food-therapy tea dose should be smaller — generally about 10 g of slices each time. The difference between food and medicinal doses: the food dose is smaller with a gentle action, mainly for daily mild regulation; the medicinal dose is larger, for auxiliary treatment of disease. Long-term continuous use is not advised: generally pause after 1–2 weeks of regulation and observe the body's reaction. Special groups — pregnant women, children, and the elderly — should consult a doctor or pharmacist before use; do not decide the dose and duration on your own.

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Contraindications & Safety Warnings

1. Who Should Avoid It

  • Deficiency-cold constitution, long-term diarrhea, or spleen-stomach weakness — the percolating-draining action may worsen the spleen-stomach cold symptoms, making diarrhea or abdominal pain worse.
  • Pregnancy and breastfeeding — use with caution; there is no sufficient safety data yet, to avoid affecting the fetus or infant.
  • Children and the elderly — weaker metabolic capacity; consult a doctor and adjust the dose to avoid excess.
  • Liver or kidney impairment — use with caution; the percolating-draining action may add burden to the liver and kidney metabolism; use after a physician's assessment.
  • Allergy to Primulaceae (primrose-family) plants — may be allergic to Jin Qian Cao; pay attention when using.
  • Those in special treatment — such as anticoagulant or blood-pressure therapy — consult a doctor before use to avoid drug interactions.

2. Interactions and Diet Notes

Jin Qian Cao may have potential interactions with anticoagulants, blood-pressure medications, and blood-sugar medications. There is no sufficient evidence for a general "food clash" between ordinary foods, but certain herbs can interact with specific drugs — anyone on medication should consult a doctor or pharmacist first, and avoid self-using Jin Qian Cao, which could affect the drug's effect or increase the risk of adverse reactions. Certain foods — such as raw-cold, spicy, and greasy foods — may affect the spleen-stomach's transportation and lower Jin Qian Cao's regulating effect; a light diet is recommended during use.

3. Adverse Reactions and Overdose Risk

At normal doses, Jin Qian Cao is generally fairly safe, but overdose may bring gastrointestinal discomfort such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, and nausea; long-term use may damage the spleen-stomach vital qi. If marked discomfort, allergy signs (rash, itching, breathing difficulty), persistent vomiting, altered consciousness, or rapidly worsening symptoms appear, stop at once and seek medical care — do not delay the condition.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Jin Qian Cao

What is Jin Qian Cao? Are Guang Jin Qian Cao and Lian Qian Cao the same?
Jin Qian Cao (金钱草) is the dried whole herb of Lysimachia christinae (Lysimachiae Herba), a common Chinese herb centered on draining dampness and resolving jaundice, promoting diuresis and relieving lin, and detoxifying and reducing swelling. Guang Jin Qian Cao drains dampness, leaning to stone-expulsion. Lian Qian Cao clears heat, leaning to draining dampness. The three cannot be interchanged by equal weight. Write Jin Qian Cao. Use caution in Spleen-Stomach deficiency cold.
What is the composition and traditional use of Jin Qian Cao?
Pharmacopoeial name Jin Qian Cao, Latin Lysimachia christinae Hance. Sweet and salty, slightly cold; enters the Liver, Gallbladder, Kidney and Bladder channels. It acts to drain dampness and resolve jaundice, promote diuresis and relieve lin, detoxify and reduce swelling. It is used for damp-heat jaundice, gallbladder distension and hypochondriac pain, stone lin, heat lin, painful urination, boils and sores, and snake or insect bites. Drains dampness and expels stones.
How do you choose raw versus prepared? Can Guang Jin Qian Cao replace it?
Whole herb used raw. Guang Jin Qian Cao leans to stone-expulsion without specialized jaundice-resolving; it cannot replace the formula by equal weight. Commercial products follow regulated processing; do not self-modify.
What is the usual dosage? Can it be drunk daily as a stone-expelling tea?
Decocted, 15-60 g. Modern use requires a practitioner to name the dose. It is not a four-season “Jin Qian Cao tea.” Spleen-Stomach deficiency cold only injures further. Stone lin needs a practitioner to name a short course; it does not replace assessment.
What are the contraindications? Can it be used in pregnancy?
Not suitable for Spleen-Stomach deficiency cold or yin deficiency with scant fluids. Pregnancy requires practitioner assessment. Stop if loose stool or abdominal pain appears. Severe stones or high fever need immediate medical care.
Can Jin Qian Cao drain dampness, resolve jaundice, promote diuresis, relieve lin, detoxify and reduce swelling?
It can help damp-heat jaundice, gallbladder distension, hypochondriac pain, stone lin, heat lin, boils and sores. It drains dampness and resolves jaundice, promotes diuresis and relieves lin, detoxifies and reduces swelling—not a specific for every jaundice or every stone.
Can Jin Qian Cao be drunk daily as a stone-expelling or damp-draining tea?
Damp-heat stone lin may enter a short formula; Spleen-Stomach deficiency cold only injures further. “Jin Qian Cao must expel stones” does not replace assessment. Draining dampness, resolving jaundice, promoting diuresis, relieving lin, detoxifying and reducing swelling should be named by a practitioner with form and dose.
How do you choose among Jin Qian Cao, Guang Jin Qian Cao, Lian Qian Cao, Ji Gu Cao and Yin Chen?
Jin Qian Cao drains dampness and resolves jaundice while promoting diuresis and detoxifying, leaning to stone lin and jaundice. Guang Jin Qian Cao drains dampness, leaning to stone-expulsion. Lian Qian Cao clears heat, leaning to draining dampness. Ji Gu Cao clears heat and drains dampness, leaning to Liver and Gallbladder. Yin Chen drains dampness and resolves jaundice, leaning to jaundice. Stone-expulsion favors Jin Qian Cao; draining dampness favors Guang Jin Qian Cao; clearing heat favors Lian Qian Cao; Liver-Gallbladder favors Ji Gu Cao; jaundice favors Yin Chen. They may be referenced after pattern differentiation; Spleen-Stomach deficiency cold forbids large Jin Qian Cao.
How is Jin Qian Cao commonly modified? What is the representative use?
Depends on the pattern. Stone lin may add Hai Jin Sha; jaundice may add Yin Chen. Write Jin Qian Cao; do not replace the jaundice-resolving action with an equal weight of Guang Jin Qian Cao.
How do you choose and store Jin Qian Cao?
Choose regulated Chinese medicinal materials with intact whole herb and opposite leaves. Discard if moldy, damp or off odor. Store in a ventilated, dry place. Purchase labeled “Jin Qian Cao”; do not use equal weights of Guang Jin Qian Cao or Lian Qian Cao to replace draining dampness, resolving jaundice, promoting diuresis, relieving lin, detoxifying and reducing swelling.

Medical Disclaimer — This article is provided for educational purposes only and describes traditional Chinese medicine concepts. It is not medical advice, and it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Always consult a qualified practitioner before using any herb, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication or managing a diagnosed condition.

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Jin Qian Cao (Lysimachia Herb): Drains dampness, reduces jaundice, and promotes urination