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Pin Yin:
hai jin sha
Common name: Japanese fern (spores or whole plant)
Botanical family: Schizaeaceae
Botanical name: Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.
Primary action: Clear Heat Toxins
Temperature: cold
Taste: sweet
Entering Channel: UB, SI
Actions:
Clears Heat and promotes urination; especially useful when stones or blood is present in urine.
Clears Heat and detoxifies Fire Poison; especially useful for mumps and other conditions with swollen throat.
(See
Damp Heat Crystallizing in Bladder;
Heat Toxin
.)
Indications: strangury, drum distension, edema
Dosage:
3-20 qian.
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