Yin Chen Hao
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Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: artemesia scoparia, virgate wormwood
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Artemisiae Scopariae
Properties: bitter, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: ST, SP, LV, GB
Flavors: bitter
Special Properties:
clears heat, clears damp
Actions / Indications:
- Clears damp-heat from LV and GB; relieves jaundice
(also for damp-warm febrile diseases; representative herb for jaundice
due to damp heat or damp cold; modern use for gallstones, cholecystitis
of damp-heat type, even without jaundice)
- Heals skin disorders (wind rashes, eczema, oozing
sores, urticaria, damp skin lesions, ringworm: topical or internal use)
Special Notes:
- Although a similar pinyin herb exists called Ling Yin Chen it is not the same herb as Yin Chen Hao and the two should not be used interchangeably.
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