Starwort Root … Classic Formulas
Yin Chai Hu · Radix Stellariae
Primary Actions
- Clears deficiency heat ... Yin Chai Hu is classically used for steaming-bone fever, lingering low-grade heat, and post-illness deficiency heat patterns.
- Clears childhood gan-heat and nutritional impairment heat ... this is one of the defining traditional use lanes of the herb.
- Cools without strongly draining qi ... it is chosen when chronic deficiency heat is present but the patient is already somewhat depleted.
Classic Formulas
- Qing Gu San ... classic deficiency-heat and steaming-bone formula.
- Qin Jiao Bie Jia San ... lingering post-illness deficiency heat and hidden fever pattern.
- Pediatric gan-heat pairings with Hu Huang Lian or Bai Wei ... traditional child-malnutrition heat strategy.
Classical Text References
- Traditional herbology places Yin Chai Hu among the herbs that clear deficiency heat rather than among the qi-moving or exterior-releasing Chai Hu family.
- Its pediatric gan-heat use is one of the major clues that this herb belongs to a different therapeutic world than Bupleurum.