How much does Lysimachia christinae cost per jin? How do you grow it from seed? Can it treat gynecological diseases and gallstones?
Lysimachia christinae, also known as Guoluohuang and Jingmiancao, is a plant in the Primulaceae family, a perennial creeping small herbaceous plant of the order Tubiflorae, family Primulaceae, with the whole plant used medicinally. So, how much does Lysimachia christinae cost per jin? How do you grow it from seed? Can it treat gynecological diseases and gallstones?
I. How much does Lysimachia christinae cost per jin?
The price of Lysimachia christinae is about 10 to 15 yuan per jin, but prices vary considerably depending on quality, place of origin, market and other factors.
II. How do you grow Lysimachia christinae from seed?
The seedling-raising method for Lysimachia christinae is the same as that for ordinary vegetables. Before sowing, soak the seeds in 40°C warm water for 24 hours, remove them and let them dry, then broadcast them on the seedbed. After sowing, cover with 1 cm of sieved fine soil. Generally the seeds begin to germinate after 7 days, and when the seedlings grow to 15 m they can be transplanted. However, because the seeds of Lysimachia christinae are very small and difficult to collect, and the seedlings grow slowly, cutting propagation is mostly used.
III. Can Lysimachia christinae treat gynecological diseases and gallstones?
Lysimachia christinae can treat gynecological diseases. Lysimachia christinae can clear heat and drain dampness, relieve strangury, reduce swelling, resist inflammation, treat heat strangury and sandy strangury, and expel stones. It treats painful difficult urination, jaundice with dark urine, carbuncles, swellings and boils, snakebite, chronic cholecystitis, hepatobiliary stones, urinary tract stones, abdominal edema and distension, hernia, traumatic injuries, boils, fractures, kidney-deficiency edema, burns, acute mastitis, cough from wind-cold, rheumatoid arthritis, gynecological leukorrhea, irregular menstruation and so on.
Lysimachia christinae can treat gallstones. Lysimachia christinae is sweet and salty in flavor and slightly cold in nature, entering the liver, gallbladder, kidney and bladder meridians. Its main effects are preventing stones and promoting bile flow and expelling stones. It has a very good therapeutic and preventive effect on stones, and has good effects in draining dampness and reducing jaundice and in expelling stones and relieving strangury. It mainly treats hepatobiliary and urinary stones, heat strangury, nephritic edema, damp-heat jaundice, sores and toxic swellings, snakebite, traumatic injuries and other conditions.
[Effects of Lysimachia christinae]
1. Stone-expelling effect: Lysimachia christinae can make the blood and urine more acidic, dissolve stones that can only exist in an alkaline environment, slow the growth rate of CaC2O4·H2O, and reduce the degree of crystal aggregation, thereby helping to treat stones.
2. Cholagogic effect: Lysimachia christinae has been confirmed by pharmacology and clinical practice to have a cholagogic effect, possibly because it can promote the secretion of bile by liver cells, increasing bile in the liver and gallbladder and raising internal pressure, while relaxation of the sphincter of Oddi increases bile excretion.
3. Thrombosis inhibition: The total flavonoids of Lysimachia christinae can significantly reduce the wet weight and dry weight of venous thrombosis in rats under pathological conditions, lower the percentage of thrombus formation, and show a significant thrombosis-inhibiting effect.
4. Immune enhancement: Lysimachia christinae has an inhibitory effect on cellular immunity and can enhance the phagocytic function of mouse macrophages, so Lysimachia christinae is beneficial as an immunosuppressant for organ transplantation or autoimmune diseases.