Pseudostellaria, Tai Zi Shen 太子参

Prince Ginseng
Tai Zi Shen, Hai Er Shen (Child’s Ginseng)
Picture Picture Pseudostellaria heterophylla
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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

Uses:


1. Tonify the Spleen, Increase Qi:
-poor appetite, low energy, fatigue, weakness
-good for loose stool with poor appetite due to Spleen deficiency
-benefits immunity and resistance
-Insomnia, Dizziness, Headache, Neurasthenia from deficiency
-health tonic for children, promotes development

2. Benefits Yin, Generates Fluids:
-Thirst after Febrile disease
-Spontaneous sweating from Qi and Yin deficiency
-Continuous Fever or Fever in Summer in Children
-dry Cough from Lung Yin deficiency
-useful tonic in Diabetes


Dose:


Powder: 1–5 grams
Decoction: 10–30 grams

Comment:


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Substitutes:


… available in PRO version.
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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: