Money Grass is a common plant and also a traditional Chinese medicine. Its main functions include preventing and treating stones in the body, as well as promoting bile secretion and excretion. It can be said to have very good therapeutic and preventive effects on stones. It can promote diuresis, clear heat and detoxify, disperse stasis and reduce swelling, clear and eliminate damp-heat, treat sand urinary, alleviate urinary pain, treat jaundice with red urine, abscess and swelling. It is mainly used for the treatment of liver and gallbladder stones, hot urinary, nephritis edema, damp-heat jaundice, abscess and swelling, snake bites, and bruises. Here are two successful cases.
Patient Zhang, 55 years old, was diagnosed with kidney disease 30 years ago. He was treated with Western medicine, but recently developed symptoms such as hematuria and stone excretion, as well as facial and limb edema. He sought treatment from traditional Chinese medicine and was prescribed the following herbal formula: 15g Haejinsha (decocted separately), 10g Chicken's Gizzard Skin, Talcum, Plantain Seed, Plantain Herb, and Rhubarb, 15g Charred Rhubarb, 30g White Atractylodes, Cyathula, and Money Grass, and 2g Cordyceps. The herbs were decocted and taken twice daily. After taking the medication for 14 doses, Zhang's clinical symptoms improved, fragmented stones were found in his urine, and the edema reduced. The formula was then modified to reduce Plantain Herb and Cyathula, and add Rubus, Dodder Seed, and Peach Kernel, each 10g. After taking the medication for 30 doses, the edema disappeared, appetite improved, nocturia increased compared to before, intermittent fragmented stones were found in the urine, and there was lower back pain. The tongue was dark red with a yellow coating, and the pulse was string-like. The formula was then modified to reduce Rhubarb, Winter Melon Seed, and Plantain Herb, and add Eucommia Bark and Mulberry Parasite, each 10g. After taking the medication for 45 doses, all symptoms improved, with occasional lower back pain during exertion, no fragmented stones found in the urine, a pale red tongue with a thin coating, and a string-like pulse. The medication was continued to consolidate the therapeutic effects.
Patient Wang, a 36-year-old female, enjoys drinking alcohol. Recently, she started experiencing left-sided lower back pain radiating to the lower left abdomen, frequent urgent urination, and urinary tract pain. Her tongue was dark red with a yellow greasy coating, and her pulse was string-like and slippery. The traditional Chinese medicine prescription included 15g Poria, Fu Ling, Ze Xie, Raw Chicken's Gizzard Skin, E Zhu, and Raw Licorice, 10g Donkey-hide Gelatin (melted), 20g Talcum Powder, Raw Puhuang (pre-decocted), and Haejinsha (pre-decocted), 30g Money Grass and Red Peony. One dose was taken daily. After taking one dose, the pain was reduced. After taking two doses, the pain was relieved and urination became normal. The medication was continued for 13 doses to consolidate the therapeutic effects. After completing the course of treatment, a B-ultrasound examination showed no abnormalities in the kidneys, ureters, or bladder.
