Herb
Lygodium Spore (Hai jin sha)
海金沙hai jin sha
1 sourceSpora Lygodii
Disinhibits water and frees urination to relieve strangury, especially stony and bloody strangury, and clears damp-heat.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十六·草部·隰草类下·海金沙·主治（《嘉祐》）
References
- functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
- WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
- public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions
Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.
传统中医记载：通利小肠。得栀子、马牙硝、蓬沙，疗伤寒热狂（《嘉祐》）；治湿热肿满，小便热淋、膏淋、血淋、石淋茎痛，解热毒气（时珍）。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒。·Meridians: 小肠, 膀胱
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·海金沙（宋《嘉祐》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·海金沙·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·海金沙·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·海金沙·发明（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·海金沙·主治（《嘉祐》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·海金沙·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·海金沙·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.