jin sha teng

Name: jin sha teng
Creator: Bencao Index

金沙藤·Herba Lygodii

Japanese climbing fern

About jin sha teng

Jin Sha Teng (金沙藤) is the Japanese climbing fern, recorded as Herba Lygodii. It enters the Small Intestine and Bladder channels, and the catalogue files it under obsolete substances. Its spore is entered separately as Hai Jin Sha.

Names

Pinyin	jin sha teng
Chinese	金沙藤
Latin Name	Herba Lygodii
English Name	Japanese climbing fern·Japanese climbing fern; lygodium·lygodium

Classification

Category: Obsolete Substances
Channels: Small Intestine, Bladder

Actions and indications

Promotes urination and clears Heat

Damp-Heat urinary disorder with burning, difficult urination
Blood in the urine
Painful urination from stones (Stone Lin)

Clears Fire toxin

Mumps
Sore throat with heat and swelling

Cautions

caution Needs a Damp-Heat pattern; it is not a general diuretic and has nothing useful to do outside that pattern
caution Deficiency Cold, Yang deficiency or depleted Fluids; a cold, draining herb is held to weaken the Spleen and drain Fluids further
caution Its recorded dose range runs high; the upper end belongs in professional hands
caution Hematuria, kidney or bladder stones, mumps and severe throat swelling all need a physician's diagnosis and care; not for self-treatment
pregnancy No specific contraindication is recorded; as a cold, draining herb, use in pregnancy only under a qualified practitioner

Interactions

Drug interactions

Diuretics, and medicines cleared by the kidneys: its use for urinary complaints at high doses warrants practitioner awareness; precautionary, with no documented interaction