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Yin Chen Hao - Yin Chen Hao Shoots and Leaves

Clinical Applications

  • Main herb for Jaundice.
  • Clears damp heat from the liver and gallbladder - relieves jaundice (either damp heat or cold).
  • Clears heat, shao yang syndrome (intermittent fever and chills, bitter taste, stifling sensation in the chest, flank pain, dizziness, nausea).

Functional Category

Herbs That Drain Dampness

Temperature & Taste

Acrid Bitter (Ku) Cool

Dosage & Preparation

  • Dosage: 9-15g

Cautions & Precautions

  • Not for Deficiency Jaundice (pale yellow skin, normal urine, soggy pulse (middle jiao qi deficiency, not from dampness).
Relationships
TCM Formulas that include Yin Chen Hao (2)