Yin Chai Hu
Stellariae Radix
sweet, slightly cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Clear Deficiency Heat
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Bone pain
- Fever
- Thirst
- Irritability
- Childhood malnutrition
Yin Chai Hu is sweet and slightly cold. It enters the liver and stomach systems to treat heat related patterns due to deficiency of yin.
It can treat childhood malnutrition and related irritability due to heat accumulation.
Channels: liver, stomach
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Fever
- Bleeding disorders
- Malarial disorders
- Night sweats
Formulas:
- Qing Gu San
Contraindications: do not prescribe Yin Chai Hu to patients that have blood deficiency patterns without heat signs
Zoo Image: a wooly mammoth is steaming a bone for a skinny child mammoth