Lygodium Spores (Haijinsha)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Spora Lygodii |
| Botanical Name: | Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw. |
| Common Name: | Lygodium spores Japanese Fern spores |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Jiayou Bencao |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The spores are gathered in autumn and dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet and cold |
| Meridian: | Urinary bladder and small intestine |
| Functions: | To promote water metabolism and regulate abnormal urination |
| Indications and Combinations: | Damp-heat in the urinary bladder manifested as various abnormal urinary symptoms including hot urine, urinary tract stones, bloody urine, turbid urine, dysuria, painful urination, urgency of micturition and frequent urination. *Use with Talc (Huashi), Lysimachia (Jinqiancao), Plantain seed (Cheqianzi) and Amber (Hupo). |
| Dosage: | 6-12 g |
| Cautions: | This herb should be wrapped with a cloth for decoction, or decoction should be put through a strainer. |