Lygodium Spore – 1 lb (454 g)

Lygodium Spore, known in Chinese as 海金沙 (Hǎijīnshā) and scientifically as Spora Lygodii, is a valued herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This TCM herb has been traditionally used to support natural wellness, maintain vitality, and encourage holistic balance. At TCMforyou.com, we provide premium-quality Lygodium Spore carefully sourced to preserve its therapeutic properties.

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[Overview] This herb is also known as Zuo Zhuan Teng Hui. It is the mature spore of Lygodium japonicum (Thunb) Sw., a plant of the Lygodiaceae family. It is mainly produced in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, Fujian, and Shaanxi provinces. In autumn, when the spores have not yet fallen, the vine leaves are cut, dried in the sun, then rubbed or beaten to release the spores, and the vine leaves are sifted out.

[Properties] Taste: sweet, bland; nature: cold. Channels entered: Bladder, Small Intestine.

[Actions] Clears heat and promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dribbling.

[Applications]
1. Used for urinary dribbling syndrome, especially suitable for heat-dampness pouring downward causing hot dribbling, characterized by dribbling, scanty and painful urination. Often combined with Shi Wei (Pyrrosia), Bian Xu (Dianthus), Hua Shi (Talcum), Mu Tong (Akebia), Huang Bai (Phellodendron), Zhi Zi (Gardenia), etc. For bloody dribbling, often combined with Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia), Xiao Ji (Small Thistle), Sheng Pu Huang (Pollen Typhae). For sandy or stone dribbling, combined with Jin Qian Cao (Lysimachia), Shi Wei, Hu Po (Amber), etc. For turbid dribbling and leukorrhea, combined with Bi Xie (Dioscorea), Tu Fu Ling (Smilax), Hua Shi, etc.
2. Used for damp-heat diarrhea, leukorrhea, and edema. For damp-heat diarrhea and dysentery, can be combined with Huang Lian (Coptis), Ma Chi Xian (Portulaca). For damp-heat leukorrhea, often combined with Cang Zhu (Atractylodes), Huang Bai, Zhi Mu (Anemarrhena). For edema due to dampness, can be combined with Qian Niu Zi (Morning Glory Seed), Gan Sui (Kansui), as in the formula Haijinsha San.
Additionally, it can be used for bleeding due to blood heat such as hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, and traumatic bleeding, often combined with other heat-clearing and blood-cooling hemostatic herbs. For example, combined with Di Fu Zi (Kochia), Bai Xian Pi (Dictamnus), Tu Fu Ling, it can treat itchy eczema caused by dampness.

[Dosage and Administration] Internal use: decoct 6–15 g, wrapped in cloth; or take as powder. External use: appropriate amount, decocted water for washing.

[Cautions] Use with caution in cases of kidney yin deficiency.

[Modern Research]
1. Chemical constituents: spores contain fatty oils and also contain methyl ester of gibberellin A73.
2. Clinical reports:
1) Urinary tract stones: Haijinsha 50 g, Jin Qian Cao 10 g, Ji Nei Jin (Chicken Gizzard Membrane) 10 g, decocted and taken orally. A total of 542 cases treated, 383 cases passed stones sequentially, with an overall effective rate of 72%. [Hunan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1986, 2(6):22]
2) Herpes zoster: Haijinsha mixed with sesame oil into a paste, applied about 0.3 cm thick on the affected area and bandaged once daily, combined with oral antiviral tablets (0.4 g, three times daily). Five cases treated; all had pain relief within 5 days, 4 cases had scabbing, desquamation, and symptom disappearance within 7 days; 1 case had these within 10 days. [Zhejiang Clinical Medicine, 2002, 4(4):265]