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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:37:12.157314+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/jin-sha-teng/</canonical>
  <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>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/jin-sha-teng/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">jin sha teng</name>
    <name type="chinese">金沙藤</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Lygodii</name>
    <name type="english">Japanese climbing fern</name>
  </names>
  <category>Obsolete Substances</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Small Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination and clears Heat</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat urinary disorder with burning, difficult urination</indication>
      <indication>Blood in the urine</indication>
      <indication>Painful urination from stones (Stone Lin)</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Fire toxin</summary>
      <indication>Mumps</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat with heat and swelling</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
