Yin Chai Hu - 銀柴胡 - Radix Stellariae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Radix Stellariae
Common English:	Starwort Root Stellaria Root

Category

Herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire: Herbs that Clear Deficiency Heat

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet	Slightly Cold (Cool) (Cold)	Liver Stomach (Kidney)	3-10g Tincture: 1-3ml

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Deficiency Heat	Yin Deficient Fire with steaming bone disorder or any Yin Deficient fever
Clears Heat and reduces childhood nutritional impairment	Childhood nutritional impairment due to accumulation with Heat with fever and thirst
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding	Bleeding due to Blood Heat, bleeding hemorrhoids Residual Heat from late stage febrile disease

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Rz. Picrorhizae Hu Huang Lian Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia	Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen Or Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin Rz. Picrorhizae Hu Huang Lian	Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia
Steaming bone disorder due to Blood Deficiency. Lingering Heat with recurrent afternoon fevers or hematemesis, epistaxis, and excessive uterine bleeding due to Heat in the Blood.	Fever, emaciation, thirst, and red eyes due to Liver chronic childhood nutritional impairment.	Deficiency Heat without sweating. Febrile disorders with tidal fevers, a thin body and dry skin and nails.
Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia
Yin Deficiency Heat with night sweats and steaming bone sensations.

Notes

1. It is an excellent herb for consumption and for childhood nutritional impairment.
2. It is well suited to reaching deep into the Yin level to treat Heat in the muscle layer or steaming bones arising from Deficiency.
3. Yin Chai Hu and Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu both clear Heat but have little else in common. Yin Chai Hu cools and reduces Heat that stems specifically from Deficiency, and it has no raising action. Chai Hu vents and cools exterior Heat, raises, and is outstanding for alternating chills and fever, yet it cannot clear Deficiency Heat or treat childhood nutritional impairment.
4. Yin Chai Hu and Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao both cool the Blood and relieve steaming bones. Qing Hao is acrid and fragrant, vents warm pathogens out from the Yin level to the Yang level, and is best for Heat at night that cools by morning, caused by a warm pathogen injuring the Ying Level. It also resolves summerheat and treats the alternating chills and fever of malarial disorders. Yin Chai Hu does not clear Heat through venting, but it does treat Heat from childhood nutritional impairment.
5. Yin Chai Hu, Hb Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao, and Rx. Cynanchi Atrati Bai Wei each clear pathogenic Heat. Qing Hao neither cools the Lungs nor promotes urination. Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu does not vent Heat or push Blood Heat outward; it only cools Blood Heat internally.