Christina Loosestrife Classic Formulas

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Promotes urination and treats strangury - this Jin Qian Cao variant is used for damp-heat urinary obstruction, heat strangury, and stone-type disorders with painful, difficult urination.
Clears heat and removes toxicity - traditional indications include boils, sores, damp-heat jaundice, and inflammatory lower-burner irritation.
Eliminates stasis and resolves swelling - beyond urinary use, it is also applied to traumatic injury, bruising, and localized swelling when heat and stasis combine.
Acts as a regional stone herb - in some herb lists and market traditions, Glechoma longituba functions as a Jin Qian Cao source herb for urolithiasis-style patterns, overlapping but not perfectly matching Lysimachia-based Gold Coin Grass.

Jin Qian Cao with Hai Jin Sha and Ji Nei Jin - classic stone-oriented pairing logic for urinary gravel, painful strangury, and recurrent urolithiasis.
Jin Qian Cao with Yin Chen and Zhi Zi - damp-heat and jaundice strategy when biliary or hepatic heat accompanies yellowing and urinary discomfort.
External Jin Qian Cao application with heat-toxin-clearing herbs - traditional use for boils, swellings, and traumatic injury with localized inflammation.

TCM Wiki's Lian Qian Cao entry for Herba Glechomae describes the herb as acrid, slightly bitter, and slightly cold, entering the Liver, Kidney, and Bladder channels, with actions of promoting diuresis, clearing heat and removing toxicity, and eliminating stasis and swelling.
The same source lists indications including heat strangury, urolithiasis, jaundice due to damp-heat, traumatic injury, and sores or boils.
Import and trade lists sometimes label Christina Loosestrife or Jin Qian Cao with the Latin Herba Glechomae Longitubae, illustrating a naming overlap that is real in catalog practice even when botanical identities differ by region.