Lygodium japonicum(Thunb.)Sw. grows in the valley thickets, the hillside forest, the gully edge stone gap, the elevation is 200-3000 meters. Spora Lygodii has the actions of clearing damp-heat from bladder and small intestine. It is good at inducing diuresis to treat stranguria and alleviating pain in urinary tract, so it is the essential herb for all stranguria syndromes. It should be combined with other herbs to strengthen the curative effect according to syndromes. For heat-stranguria with acute pain, it is ground into powder and taken with Gan Cao decoction to increase the actions of clearing heat and treating stranguria in Quan Zhou Ben Cao (Materia Medica of Quanzhou). For blood-stranguria, it can be used with the herbs of clearing heat and inducing diuresis, cooling blood and stopping bleeding such as Xiao Ji, Bai Mao Gen and Shi Wei.
Chinese Name | 海金沙 |
Pin Yin Name | Hai Jin Sha |
English Name | Lygodium Spore/Japanese Fern |
Latin Name | Spora Lygodii |
Botanical Name | Lygodium japonicum(Thunb.)Sw. |
Other name | hai jin sha, japanese holly fern spores, lygodii spora |
Appearance | Brown yellow Powder |
Smell and Taste | Slight smell and bland in taste |
Specification | Whole, slices, powder (We can also extract if you need) |
Part Used | Powder of spora |
Shelf life | 2 Years |
Storage | Store in cool and dry places, keep away from strong light |
Shipment | By Sea, Air, Express, Train |
1. Spora Lygodii can clear heat;
2. Spora Lygodii can relieve the painin;
3. Spora Lygodii can duce diuresis to treat stranguria.
1.Spora Lygodii cannot be used to much, otherwise, there will be vomiting or nausea and other toxic symptoms.