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(Sourced from the Song Dynasty *Jiayou Bencao*)

[NAMES] Zhuyuan Sui (Bamboo Garden Coriander).
Li Shizhen stated: Its color is yellow like fine sand. It is called "Sea" to describe its miraculous and extraordinary nature. The common name "Zhuyuan Sui" is derived from its leaf shape resembling that of garden coriander (*Coriandrum sativum*).

[COLLECTED COMMENTARIES] Yuxi stated: It grows in Qianzhong Commandery, and also in Hunan. It grows as small clumps, one to two chi high. In July, the whole plant is harvested, dried in the sun until slightly dry, placed on paper to catch it, and beaten with a stick. Fine sand falls onto the paper; this process of drying and beating continues until all the sand has fallen out.
Li Shizhen stated: It is found in Jiangzhe, Huxiang, Sichuan, and Shaanxi, growing under forests. The stem is thin as a thread, climbing on bamboo and wood, about one chi high. The leaves are thin like those of garden coriander but much thinner, green on both sides, with many wrinkles on the upper surface. Sand is present in the wrinkles, resembling powder of *Cattleya* pollen (Puhuang), yellowish-red in color. It does not flower; the fine roots are tough. Both the sand and the herb can be used as medicine. Alchemists collect this herb to extract juice for smelting minerals and alchemical processes.

[FLAVOR AND NATURE] Sweet, cold, non-toxic.

[INDICATIONS] Promotes urination and unblocks the Small Intestine. When combined with Gardenia Fruit (*Zhi Zi*), Sodium Nitrate (*Maya Xiao*), and Peng Sha, it treats maniacal fever due to Cold Damage (*Shanghan*). It can be prepared as pills or powders (*Jiayou Bencao*). It treats swelling and fullness caused by Damp-Heat, hot strangury (*Re Lin*), fatty strangury (*Gao Lin*), bloody strangury (*Xue Lin*), calculous strangury (*Shi Lin*), and penile pain, resolving toxic heat pathogens.

[ILLUMINATING DISCUSSIONS] Li Shizhen stated: Haijinsha is a herb entering the Blood aspect of the Small Intestine and Bladder meridians. It is suitable for heat located in the Blood aspect of these two meridians.

[ATTACHED FORMULAS] One old formula, five new formulas.
Acute painful hot strangury: Dry Haijinsha herb in the shade, grind into powder, decoct Raw Licorice Root (*Sheng Gancao*) soup, mix with two qian of the powder and take orally. This is the formula of Commander Chen Yi Jia. An additional formula includes Talc (*Huashi*). (*Yijian Zhi*)
Urinary retention with fullness below the umbilicus: Haijinsha 1 liang, Waxed-face Tea (*Lamian Cha*) 0.5 liang, crush them. Take three qian each time, administered with a decoction of Fresh Ginger (*Sheng Jiang*) and Licorice Root (*Gancao*), twice daily. Alternatively, taken as a powder. (*Tujing Bencao*)
Fatty strangury resembling oil: Haijinsha and Talc (*Huashi*) 1 liang each, Licorice Root Tip (*Gancao Shao*) 2.5 qian. Grind into powder. Take two qian each time, administered with a decoction of Ophiopogon Tuber (*Maimendong*), twice daily. (*Ren Cun Fang*)
Bloody strangury with pain and difficulty in urination: By promoting water passage, clear and turbid substances will separate naturally. Take one qian of Haijinsha powder with fresh well-water or sugar water. (*Puji Fang*)
Spleen dampness causing swelling and fullness, abdominal distension like a drum, wheezing preventing lying down: Haijinsha Powder: Use Haijinsha 3 qian, Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome (*Baizhu*) 4 liang, Licorice Root (*Gancao*) 0.5 liang, Black Morning Glory Seed (*Hei Qianniu*) [Note: Text implies seeds]...
Poisonous sores turning black and retreating to the Kidneys: Decoct Zhuyuan Sui herb in wine and apply to the body to promote eruption. (*Zhizhi Fang*)