Desmodiumstyracyfolium (Osb) Merr, Fabaceae, is a tree growing wild in our country mainly in the Northern provinces. It also called feather coin, MicromelumHirsutumOliv, in China also known as Gold Coin Grassdue to its slightly rounded leaf blade and lower surface covered with a layer of silver-white hair.

Chinese traditional medicine hasearly known how to use Desmodiumstyracyfolium (Osb) Merr, often called Guangdong Desmodiumstyracyfolium (Osb) Merr. Kim pre-draft Desmodiumstyracyfolium (Osb) Merr is used mainly in the treatment of kidney stones, urinary stones and gallstones. Books titled "Thien gia dieu phuong" with a collection of over one thousand prescriptions of Chinese well-known herb doctors recordsdozens of prescriptions treating ureteral stones, kidney stones and gallstones, and the main ingredient of these prescriptions is Desmodiumstyracyfolium (Osb) Merr.

 

Desmodiumstyracyfolium (Osb) Merr –popular stones abrasive herb

 

Chinese Drug dictionary (English version, published in 2000), introduced a pharmaceutical products having Desmodiumstyracyfolium (Osb) Merr: LidanPaishi Tablet, manufactured under the form of sugar or film coated tablets, with the indications for the treatment of gallstones, biliary tract infection and cholecystitis. LidanPaishi Tablet is recognized to have ability to increase bile and stone axes. This formula is also anti-inflammatory, analgesic. In the edition in 2010 (English version), LidanPaishi Tablet is also listed in the Pharmaceutical dictionary with an additional section relating to product test method. This proves that LidanPaishi Tablet is a recognizedgood herbal medicine.

From the formula of the Chinese Pharmaceutical dictionary, combined with the folk experience and reasoning of traditional medicine, Danapha Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company has manufactured and introduced “BAI THACH” in the market. Basically, “BAI THACH” has ingredients slightly similar to LidanPaishi Tablet. However, to increase the lithotripsy effect, the amount of Desmodiumstyracyfolium (Osb) Merr is increased by 4 times. The authors also have added RhizomaImperataeCylindricae, a herb with good diuretic effects, easy to find, and increasing the amount of urine, helping to accelerate the elimination of stones. LidanPaishi Tablet has a tendency tohave much effect on urinary system with anti-inflammatory, analgesic ability.

In production of LidanPaishi Tablet, Desmodiumstyracyfolium (Osb) Merr is the main herb, supplied from the professional cultivation unitswith procedures in accordance with VietGAP. In fact, this has enabled the company to have stable materials in terms of quantity, quality,ensuring the harvesting, processing in accordance with a certain process. Suppliersof other materials are also selected by Danapha according to criteria like quality and stability in quantity.

 

Pharmacist Dong Viet Thang