Desmodium
| Pinyin: Guang Jing Qian Cao | Latin: Desmodium Styracifolium |
Description:Physical Characteristics
Desmodium Styracifolium or Guang Jing is a perennial growing to 0.75m hardy to zone 0. The Desmodium Styracifolium flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Insects. Desmodium Styracifolium can fix Nitrogen. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil, acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils, cannot grow in the shade and requires moist soil.
Desmodium is often miss spelled as Desmedium.
Information:
Family:
Leguminosae
Leguminosae
Organ Meridian Systems:
The fruit grows in small beanlike pods.
The fruit grows in small beanlike pods.
Properties:
Traditional Medicinal Uses:
Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal uses for desmedium include: hepatitis, liver support, cirrhosis, muscle and tendon pain, rheumatism, anti-histamine effects, asthma and eczema.*
