Pseudostellaria, Tai Zi Shen 太子参
Prince Ginseng
Tai Zi Shen, Hai Er Shen (Child's Ginseng)
Tai Zi Shen, Hai Er Shen (Child's Ginseng)
Botanical name:
Pseudostellaria heterophylla (syn. Krascheninikovia heterophylla, Stellaria heterophylla)
Parts used:
Root
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral (slightly Warm and moist), Sweet, slightly Bitter
Classification:
N. Qi Tonic
Pseudostellaria heterophylla (syn. Krascheninikovia heterophylla, Stellaria heterophylla)
Parts used:
Root
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral (slightly Warm and moist), Sweet, slightly Bitter
Classification:
N. Qi Tonic
Uses:
1. Tonify the Spleen, Increase Qi:
-poor appetite, low energy, fatigue
2. Benefits Yin, Generates Fluids:
-Thirst after Febrile disease
Dose:
Powder: 1–5 grams
Decoction: 10–30 grams
Comment:
... available in PRO version.
Substitutes:
... available in PRO version.
Powder: 1–5 grams
Decoction: 10–30 grams
Comment:
... available in PRO version.
Substitutes:
... available in PRO version.
Main Combinations:
1. Spleen deficiency, weakness, poor appetite:
i. Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
ii. Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
2. Gastritis with deficiency, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
3. Qi and Yin deficiency, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
4. Qi and Yin deficiency following Fever,
i. Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
ii. Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
5. Blood deficiency following illness, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
6. Insomnia:
i. with Irritability, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
ii. with Neurasthenia, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
iii. with Palpitations from Qi and Yin deficiency, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
7. Palpitations, Shortness of Breath, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
8. Dry Cough from Lung Heat damaging fluids, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
9. Chronic Pediatric Pneumonia, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
10. Residual Heat following illness, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
11. Thirst from Yin deficiency, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
12. Diabetes, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
13. Spontaneous Sweating:
i. Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
ii. Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
14. Night Sweats, Pseudostellaria Tai Zi Shen with ... available in PRO version.
Cautions:
None noted. Generally very safe.
Main Preparations used:
None noted. Generally very safe.
Main Preparations used: