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Herbal Medicine for Clearing Deficient Heat - Yin Chai Hu
                           
                                    

                                              Yin Chai Hu                    

                                              Stellaria Root
                                             Radix Stellariae

This dherb is the root of the perennial herb, Stellaria dichotoma L. var lanceo- lata Bge. (Family Caryophyllaceae), produced in
northeast China and Inner Mongolia. It is dug out and collected during the period from late autumn when the stems and leaves
have withered away to early February when the plant is sprou- ting. It is dried in sunlight after getting rid of the fibrous
rootlets, sliced, and is used unprepared
Properties: Being sweet in flavour, slightly cold in nature, it acts on the liver and stomach channels. The properties of sweet,
cool and moist can clear away blood-heat, nourish Yin and bring down heat of deficiency type. Because of its
mild actions, it is the most common herb used to treat heat due to Yin deficiency, hectic and tidal fever, and infantile  
malnutrition syndrome.
Effects: Bringing down heat of deficiency type, treating infantile malnutrition with fever.
Indications:
1. For heat due to Yin-deficiency, night sweating, hectic fever, it is used in combination with Di Gu Pi (wolfberry bark), Qing
Hao (sweet wormwood) and Bie Jia (turtle shell) to clear away heat of deficiency type, known as Qing Gu San (Powder of
Clearing Away Heat of Deficiency Type) .
2. For infantile malnutrition due to indigestion or parastic infection, leanness and abdominal distention, malnutrition with fever,
it is used in combination with Shi Jun Zi (quisqualis fruit), Hu Huang Lian (picrorhiza rhizome), Ji Nei Jin (chicken's
gizzard-skin) to enhance digestion, remove stagnancy and kill intestinal parasites.
Dosage and Administration: 3~15 g .
Modern Researches: The herb contains saponins which can decrease blood Holesterol.