Category
Clear Heat from Deficiency
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Stellariae Radix
English Name
Dosage
3-9g
Entering Channels
LV
Flavor
sweet
Temperature
slightly cold
Pregnancy
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Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Contraindicated in those with blood deficiency without heat.
Actions & Indications:
- Causes heat from deficiency to recede: for fire from yin deficiency with steaming bone disorder, or any yin deficient fever.
- Clears heat and reduces childhood nutritional impairment: for fever, thirst and irritability associated with childhood nutritional impairment due to accumulation with heat.