Snowbellleaf Tickclover Herb
Herba Desmodii Styracifolii
Guang Dong Jin Qian Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Mild; sweet; neutral

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

For stranguria cuased by urinary stone and stranguria of heat-type. recently used most commonly for cases of infectious hepatitis, cholelithiasis and cholecystitis with dampness-heat syndrome, also for cases of coronary heart disease with dampness-heat syndrome.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

1. its flavones increase coronary, cerebral and renal blood flow, counteracting pituitrin-induced myocardial ischemia and arrhythmia and enhancing the anoxic tolerance under atmosphere in experimental animals. 2. increasing biliary secretion. 3. diuretic.