Also moneywort and xihuangcao are one of the herbs used to treat gallstones.
Moneywort
Taste sweet, slightly bitter, cool in nature. It belongs to the liver, gallbladder, kidney and bladder meridians.
The whole herb is used for medicinal purposes, with the function of clearing heat and diuretic, dispelling wind and relieving pain, stopping bleeding and muscle growth, anti-inflammatory and detoxification, and killing insects. It can cure acute and chronic hepatitis, jaundice hepatitis, cholecystitis, nephritis, urinary tract infections, tonsillitis, stomatitis and carbuncle boils, venomous snake bites, carbuncle, dysentery, malaria, pulmonary hemorrhage.
Xi Huang Cao
Sweet and bitter, cool. Bitter, cold.
Xi Huang Cao is a folk herb, commonly known as Tu Huang Lian, etc. It has the effect of clearing away heat and dampness, removing yellow dampness, cooling the blood and dispersing blood stasis, and is used in the treatment of acute jaundice hepatitis, acute cholecystitis, dysentery, intestinal inflammation, and bruises and stasis.
Banlangen is cold in nature, slightly sweet and then bitter in taste, with the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, preventing colds and flu, and facilitating the pharynx. It is mainly used for the treatment of warm poisonous hair spots, tongue red and purple dark, rotting throat Dan Gua Sha and other diseases.