Lysimachia foenum-graecum

Lysimachia foenum-graecum is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae.^[1] It is widely distributed in India^{[citation needed]} and southern China, including from southeastern Yunnan through Guangxi to southwestern Hunan and northern Guangdong.^[1]

Lysimachia foenum-graecum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Lysimachia
Species:	L. foenum-graecum
Binomial name
Lysimachia foenum-graecum Hance[1]

In Chinese, its most widespread common name is simplified Chinese: 灵香草; traditional Chinese: 靈香草; pinyin: língxiāngcǎo; Jyutping: ling4 hoeng1 cou2. Its leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine for headache, toothache, sore throat, chest and abdominal distension and ascariasis.^[2]