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Latin pharmacognostic name: Stellariae Radix

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin (other sources): Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge.*; Arenaria juncea Bieb.; Gypsophila oldhamiana Miq.; Gypsophila paniculata L.; Silene jenisseensis Willd.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Vacuity-heat–clearing agents

Properties: Sweet; slightly cold. (Some sources also say bitter.)

Channel entry: Liver and stomach channels.

Indications:

• Clears vacuity heat: Yīn vacuity with heatCHECK.
• Eliminates gān heat effusion: gān accumulation with heat effusion (malnutrition with fever).

Dosage & Method: Oral: 3–10g in decoctions.

Warnings: Contraindicated in exterior contraction of wind-cold, as well as in blood vacuity with an absence of heat.

Quality: Best are long roots that are pale brown on the surface and white on yellowing white on the cross section.

Product Area: NX, Mongolia.

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