Pinyin: Guang Jin Qian Cao  Chinese: 广金钱草
Pharmaceutical: Herba Desmodii Styracifolii
English: Cliffside Gold Coin Grass / Snowbell Leaf Tick Clover / Desmodium

Tastes: Sweet, bland, cool
Meridians Entered: Liver, Kidney and Bladder

Actions & Indications:

1. Clears Heat, promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and expels stones
   Urinary tract infection, urinary tract stones
   Gallbladder stones
   Oedema caused by nephritis
   Jaundice, acute icteric hepatitis
   Infantile malnutrition
   Carbuncles

Standard Dosage: 15-30g in decoction.

Pinyin: Hai Jin Sha  Chinese: 海金沙
Pharmaceutical: Spora Lygodii
English: Japanese Climbing Fern Spore

Tastes: Sweet, bland and cold
Meridians Entered: Bladder and Small Intestine

Actions & Indications:

1. Clears Heat, promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and expels stones
   Damp-Heat Painful Urinary Dysfunction of any type, especially Stone Lin or Blood Lin
   Can be used for biliary stones
2. Eliminates Damp-Heat, reduces oedema and decreases jaundice
   Swelling and fullness due to Spleen Dampness and Damp-Heat jaundice

Standard Dosage: 6-15g in decoction.

Pinyin: Ji Nei Jin  Chinese: 鸡内金
Pharmaceutical: Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli
English: Chicken Gizzard

Tastes: Sweet, bland
Meridians Entered: Spleen, Stomach, Small Intestine and Bladder

Actions & Indications:

1. Strongly reduces Food Stagnation and improves the Spleen's transportive function
   Food Accumulation in the digestive tract
   Food Stagnation due to Spleen Deficiency
   Childhood nutritional impairment
2. Astringes Jing and urine and stops enuresis
   Spermatorrhea, enuresis and urinary frequency
3. Transforms hardness and dissolves stones
   Urinary or biliary stones

Standard Dosage: 3-10g in decoction.
Cautions: Animal products are prohibited from use in the UK under the Medicines Act 1968 ch. 67 which restricts herbalists to the use of plant products only. It is generally substituted with Shan Yao and Mai Ya.

Pinyin: Dong Kui Guo  Chinese: 冬葵果
Pharmaceutical: Fructus Malvae
Taxonomy: Malva verticillata
English: Musk Mallow Seeds / Abutilon Seeds

Tastes: Sweet
Meridians Entered: Bladder, Large Intestine and Small Intestine

Actions & Indications:

1. Clears Heat, promotes urination and reduces swelling
   Urinary retention, oedema, thirst
   Urinary tract infection

Standard Dosage: 3-9g in decoction.
Cautions: Use with caution in those with loose stools from Spleen Deficiency and during Pregnancy.

Pinyin: Shi Wei  Chinese: 石韋
Pharmaceutical: Folium Pyrrosiae
Taxonomy: Pyrrosia lingua
English: Tongue Fern Leaf

Tastes: Sweet and bitter, slightly cold
Meridians Entered: Lung and Bladder

Actions & Indications:

1. Clears Damp-Heat, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and clears stones
   Damp-Heat painful urinary dysfunction, Stone Lin and Blood Lin
2. Clears Heat and stops bleeding (Cools the Blood)
   Blood Heat bleeding (hematemesis, uterine bleeding, Blood Lin)
3. Clears the Lungs, expels Phlegm and stops coughing
   Lung Heat coughs and wheezing
4. Clears the Lungs, expels Phlegm and stops coughing
   Lung Heat coughs and wheezing

Standard Dosage: 6-12g in decoction.

Pinyin: Qu Mai  Chinese: 瞿麦
Pharmaceutical: Herba Dianthi
Taxonomy: Dianthus superbus
English: Fringed Pink Dianthus

Tastes: Bitter, cold
Meridians Entered: Heart, Small Intestine and Bladder

Actions & Indications:

1. Drains Damp-Heat from the Urinary Bladder, promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction
   Damp-Heat Painful Urinary Dysfunction, especially Blood Lin
2. Breaks up Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation and regulates menstruation
   Amenorrhea due to Blood Stasis (auxiliary)
3. Unblocks the bowels
   Constipation
4. Purges Heart and Small Intestine Fire
   Heart Fire leading to Small Intestine Excess Heat

Standard Dosage: 9-15g in decoction.
Cautions: It is cold and descending in property and can cause abortion, so it is contraindicated for pregnant women.