Gold coin is good at flushing out gallstones

What is gold coin grass(Lysimachia, Jin Qian Cao)?
It mainly means the dry whole plant of Lysimachia christinae Hance, which belongs to the family Primulaceae. Other names include lysimachia, coin herb, chin-chien tsao, and coin weed. It is primarily distributed in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and usually collected during summer and autumn. Before the use, remove the impurities, dry in the sun, cut into sections, and use raw. In fact, there are many varieties of Jin Qian Cao. They have various functions but most are capable of clearing heat, inducing diuresis and treating stranguria. However, the most common species are Lysimachia christinae Hance and Herba Lysimachiae seu Desmodii Styracifolii. The latter is better known as Herba Desmodii Styracifolii, Desmodium styracifolium, or Guang Jin Qian Cao herb.

Lysimachia is a perennial creeping herb. Stems are delicate, prostrate, and 20 to 60cm long; surface is gray-green or reddish purple; the entire plant is glabrous or sparsely hairy. Opposite leaves are glabrous and with 1 to 3cm petiole; blade is oval, nearly round to kidney shape, 1.5 to 8cm long, and 1 to 6cm wide. Solitary flowers are axillary, with 1 to 5cm pedicels, 4 to 10cm calyx, and 7 to 15mm bell-shaped corolla. Capsule is spherical, glabrous, 3 to 5mm in diameter, and with black gland lines and valvular dehiscence. Flowering period is from May to July and fruiting season is from July to October.

Gold coin grass benefits
Now this herb is available in the forms of gold coin grass supplement, tea, herbal tincture, extract, capsules, powder, pills, granule (Jin Qian Cao Chong Ji) and so on. So, what is gold coin grass used for? As mentioned above, it is good at flushing out gallstones from the gallbladder as well as toxins from the liver. What’s more, long-term use of it can also prevent the formation and generation of stones. According to clinical observations, lysimachia works best on liver and gallbladder flush among all those stone-dissolving herbs. As one of the most common urological diseases, upper urinary tract stones mainly refer to kidney stones and ureter stones, in which main clinical manifestations are activities associated hematuria and pain. When the stones cause complete ureteral obstruction, renal colic may occur. In this case, about 90% of them would be detected with calculus through X-ray. This condition is under the category of "Shilin", "Shalin", and "Xuelin" in traditional Chinese medicine. TCM believes that the main cause of this condition is that bladder damp-heat or damp-heat accumulated in lower energizer, which scorches the fluid and in a long time the impurities in urine condense into stones, block urinary tract, and thus causes pain.