I am taking this herb.. very cheap at your local chinese health emporium

dried owbellleaf tickclover herb, its latin name: Herba Desmodii Styracifolii. This herb mainly distributes in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunan provinces.

medicine used part: the dried aerial part

Herba DesmodII Styracifolii is one of the special Chinese herbs in South China. Its original plant is Desmodium styracifolium (Osb.) Merr., and is considered to be good in increasing micturition, Clearing overfull heat and water in the body. It is used in preventing and curing kidney stone, urethra inflammation and so on

Herb Desmodii Styracifolii/Owbellleaf Tickclover Herb

Desmodium styracifolium
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Classification System: APG III (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales
Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Desmodium
Species: Desmodium styracifolium

别名　落地金钱草、 假花生、山地豆。

来源　为豆科植物广金钱草Desmodium styracifolium (Osb.)Merr.的地上部分。

We have studied the inhibitory effects of Desmodium styracifolium-triterpenoid (Ds-t) (extracted from Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr, a herbal medicine) on the formation of calcium oxalate renal stones induced experimentally by ethylene glycol (EG) and 1 alpha(OH)D3 (1 alpha D3) in rats. The incidence of urinary stone formation was 81% in the control group, which received EG and 1 alpha D3, and 29% in the Ds-t group, which received EG and 1 alpha D3 supplemented by Ds-t. The serum calcium (Ca) concentration in the Ds-t group was significantly elevated and urinary Ca excretion was markedly reduced. Urinary excretion of citrate (Cit), a factor that prevents stone formation, was significantly increased in the Ds-t group. Excretion of urinary phosphorus (P), which was elevated to a significantly greater extent in the controls than in the Ds-t group, was increased in both groups. The increase in urine volume in the Ds-t group was significantly greater than in the control group. The 24-h creatinine clearance rate (Ccr) was significantly lower in the controls. These findings suggest that Ds-t inhibits the formation of Ca oxalate stones in rat kidneys by increasing the output of urine, decreasing the excretion of calcium and increasing the urinary excretion of citrate. Ds-t may be useful in preventing the recurrence of urinary Ca oxalate stones in the clinical setting.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8461944

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