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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:12.308539+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">hai jin sha</name>
    <name type="chinese">海金沙</name>
    <name type="latin">Lygodii Spora</name>
    <name type="english">Japanese climbing fern spore</name>
    <name type="japanese">kaikinsha</name>
    <name type="korean">haegeumsa</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drain Dampness</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Small Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, promotes urination, relieves painful urinary dysfunction and expels stones</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat Lin of any kind, above all Stone Lin and Blood Lin</indication>
      <indication>Urinary stones, burning or cloudy urination, blood in the urine and dribbling</indication>
      <indication>Gallstones</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Damp-Heat, reduces edema and relieves jaundice</summary>
      <indication>Swelling with abdominal fullness or bloating from Spleen Damp</indication>
      <indication>Jaundice from Damp-Heat</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
