Yin Chai Hu
 | Yin Chai Hu in TCM:Explore the properties of Yin Chai Hu according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: stellaria root, starwort root
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Stellariae
Properties: sweet, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: ST, LV
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties:
clears deficent heat
Actions / Indications:
- Clears deficient heat (yin deficient fire, steaming
bone disorder, an excellent herb to clear deficient heat without damaging
yin)
- Clear heat from childhood nutritional impairment
(for infantile malnutrition (gan ji): emaciation, withered hair, swollen
abdomen)
- (cc: blood deficiency without fever)
- (cc: exterior syndromes)
Special Notes:
- Yin Chai Hu and Chai Hu
have similar names and properties, but Yin Chai Hu is more for deficient
(tidal) fever whereas Chai Hu is more for treating shaoyang syndrome
with alternating chills and fever.
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