Huajinyaozi

Huajinyaozi

(manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

[synonym] yamingma (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the whole plant of the family Saxifragaceae.

[plant morphology] Chinese goldenrod

Herbs perennial, 5-14 cm high. Root like. Stem erect or oblique, glabrous, with sterile branches. Most of the basal leaves and rhizomes have withered during flowering; the stem leaves are ovate or broadly ovate, 7-12 mm long and 6-10 mm wide, with 4-6 small obtuse teeth on each side; the petiole length is slightly equal to that of the leaves. Cyme slightly compact; flowers campanulate; sepals erect, 4, ovate or oblate, 1-1.5 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, yellowish green; apetalous; stamens usually 8, shorter than sepals. Capsule 2-lobed. Seeds wide elliptic, 0.6-0.7 mm long, reddish brown, smooth, with tiny papillae.

It grows in Riverside wetland or mountain forest. It is distributed in Western Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Western Hubei and Northwest Sichuan.

[collection] collected from August to September, washed and dried.

Bitter, cold.

[channel tropism] entering heart, spleen and bladder channels.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and removing jaundice. Treat hepatitis, stone, urethra infection.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-3 yuan.

[prescription selection] ① for urinary tract infection and astringent and painful urination: huajinyaozi with Artemisia annua, Plantago asiatica and Ruixu decoction.

② Treatment of biliary calculi and hepatitis jaundice: huajinyaozi with Yinchen, Yujin, Zhike decoction.

③ Treatment of bladder stones: huajinyaozi with alfalfa and Qumai decoction.