Table 1.

The use of the Desmodium styracifolii plants according to traditional Chinese medicine (based on [5,7,[9], [10], [11], [12]]).

Taste	Slightly sweet
External pathogenic factor	Cold
Channels entered	Orbis hepaticus, orbis renalis et vesicalis
Effects	To ease stranguria, disinhibit urine, and drain moisture in order to reduce jaundice.
Symptoms and indications	Diseases of the urinary tract (urolithiasis, haematuria, slow and painful urination, oedema, oliguria), hepatitis, jaundice, bile stasis, rheumatism, fever, dysentery, wound process, cough, malaria, haemoptysis, stomatitis, laryngitis, urticaria.
Method of administration and dosage:	The whole plant is used per os in the form of a decoction to treat urinary tract infections (24 g), urolithiasis (24–60 g), cholecystitis (30 g), stomatitis and laryngitis (15–30 g), and urticaria (60 g). For the treatment of infantile hypotrophy, it is used together with pork food. For the management of mastitis, topical application of a poultice from the whole plant is recommended.