Does Lysimachia christinae (Jinqiancao) treat gallstones? An analysis of its benefits when steeped in water and long-term drinking

Jinqiancao, also known as Luodi Jinqian or Lianqiancao, is a common herbaceous plant found on hillside grasslands, roadsides or ditch banks. Because it has benefits such as promoting diuresis and expelling stones and enhancing immunity, it is used as a medicinal material, and its leaves are also very attractive, so its application value is extremely high. Then can Jinqiancao treat gallstones? What are the benefits of steeping it in water? Can it be drunk long-term?

1. Can Jinqiancao treat gallstones?

Jinqiancao, this Chinese medicinal material, can treat stones, and its treatment effect is especially good, particularly for human gallstones and urinary stones, with outstanding treatment results. It can speed up the breakdown of stones in the body, allowing them to be excreted with body metabolism, and it can also promote the excretion of bile acids and prevent the formation of stones. In current clinical practice, Jinqiancao has always been a commonly used medicine for treating stone diseases.

However, Jinqiancao has side effects. As the saying goes, every medicine is three parts poison, and no medicine can be taken long-term. Jinqiancao is a medicine that promotes diuresis and treats strangury; it itself has no function of expelling or dissolving stones, but only uses its diuretic and strangury-treating effect to pull the stones out. Long-term use will damage healthy qi, and not only fail to expel stones, but instead affect stone expulsion and allow stones to continue forming.

2. What are the benefits of steeping Jinqiancao in water?

Benefit 1, clearing heat and detoxifying: honeysuckle is cold in nature and sweet in taste, entering the lung, heart and stomach meridians. It is mainly used for heat-toxin sores and carbuncles, and has the benefits of detoxifying and dispersing carbuncles, clearing heat and cooling blood.

Benefit 2, enhancing immunity: after the chlorogenic acid bioactive substance contained in honeysuckle enters the body, it can promote body metabolism and regulate human function, thereby helping to improve body immunity.

Benefit 3, anti-inflammatory: the active ingredients in honeysuckle have obvious anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects, can effectively promote the release of adrenal cortex hormones, and can well inhibit various inflammation and swelling-pain phenomena.

Benefit 4, antibacterial: honeysuckle contains multiple biochemical components such as inositol, luteolin and cyclohexanehexol, and has strong inhibitory power against multiple pathogenic bacteria such as hemolytic streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus, as well as pathogenic viruses of upper respiratory tract infections.

Benefit 5, lowering blood lipids: the active ingredients of honeysuckle can merge with cholesterol, reduce cholesterol absorption in the intestines, and lower cholesterol content in plasma. Drinking honeysuckle as tea can help the human body promptly clear fat and harmful substances in the blood, increase blood flow in blood vessels, and effectively prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction.

Benefit 6, dispersing wind-heat: honeysuckle is sweet and cold, aromatic and dispersing, good at dispersing heat evil in the lung meridian and releasing heat to the exterior. It can be used to treat externally contracted wind-heat or symptoms such as body heat, sore throat and thirst in the early stage of warm disease.

3. Can Jinqiancao be steeped in water and drunk long-term?

Jinqiancao cannot be drunk long-term. Jinqiancao has the benefits of dispelling wind and removing dampness, regulating qi and relieving pain, stopping bleeding, and dissipating blood stasis. It mainly treats rheumatic bone pain, stomach pain, coughing blood and other conditions. Steeping Jinqiancao in water and drinking it is very good for the human body, but every medicine is three parts poison, and long-term drinking will also produce side effects.

4. Is Jinqiancao toxic?

Jinqiancao is not toxic. Jinqiancao can stimulate urinary stones and then help the stones be excreted. During excretion, the urine may show some abnormal colors, such as tea-colored or pale red. This is non-toxic, so it can be used with peace of mind. Jinqiancao can not only expel stones, but also has a relatively good diuretic effect, so if there is a problem of edema, an appropriate amount of Jinqiancao can also be used to relieve it. At the same time, attention should now be paid to drinking more water, because this is also very good for the stone-expelling effect.