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The crystalline mate (CM) strategy has recently emerged as an effective method to induce rapid and selective co-crystallization. Here, we demonstrate that this strategy can be reliably extended to ionic systems using the neutral trinuclear silver pyrazolate complex Ag\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    Pz\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    as a crystallization mate. By regulating solvent polarity, two co-crystals of silver pyrazolate berberine hydrochloride Ag\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    Pz\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u00b7BCl,\n                    <jats:bold>SF<\/jats:bold>\n                    (sandwich form) and\n                    <jats:bold>NSF<\/jats:bold>\n                    (non-sandwiched form), were obtained. In\n                    <jats:bold>SF<\/jats:bold>\n                    , neutral Ag\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    Pz\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    simultaneously engages the Cl\n                    <jats:sup>\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n                    anion via \u03c0-acid\/base contacts and the berberine cation through weak Ag...O coordination. Remarkably,\n                    <jats:bold>SF<\/jats:bold>\n                    can also be crystallized directly from crude\n                    <jats:italic>Coptis chinensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    extract without prior purification. 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