Hai Jin Sha
| Hai Jin Sha in TCM:Explore the properties of Hai Jin Sha according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: lygodium spores
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Lygodii
Properties: sweet, bland, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: SI, UB
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties:
resolves water accumulations
Alternate Forms:
- Jin sha teng: sweet, cold; UB, SO; clears heat, relieves
toxicity; promotes urination; 15-30g
Actions / Indications:
- Promotes urination; dispels stones (dysuria with
burning sensation, stony lin, DH lin, bloody lin, gao lin, also for
gallstones)
- Promotes urination; reduces edema (damp fullness
of the abdomen, edema, difficult urination, especially d/t DH)
Special Notes:
- (cooking: decoct in cheesecloth)
- The following combination was found to be highly effective for urinary
stones: Hai Jin Sha, Jin
Qian Cao, Qu Mai, Hua
Shi, Che Qian Zi, Chuan
Mu Tong, Chuan Niu Xi, Zhi
Gan Cao
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