Pseudostellaria
root (Taizishen)
Pharmaceutical Name : Radix Pseudostellariae
Botanical Name : Pseudostellaria heterophylla
(Miq.) Pax ex Pax et Hoffm.
Common Name : Pseudostellaria root
Source of Earliest Record : Zhongguo Yaoyong
Zhiwu Zhi
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations : The tuberous roots of the cultivated
pseudostellaris are dug in the period around
the Great Heat (twelfth solar term). After
the fibrous roots are removed, the roots are
dried in the sun.
Properties & Taste : Sweet, slightly
bitter and neutral
Meridians: Spleen and lung
Functions : To replenish qi and promote
body fluids
Indications & Combinations:
1. Deficiency of the spleen manifested as
poor appetite and lassitude. Pseudostellaria
root (Taizishen) is used with Dioscorea (Shanyao),
Hyacinth bean (Biandou), Germinated millet
(Guya) and Germinated barley (Maiya).
2. Deficient yin of the lungs manifested
as dry cough or cough with scanty sputum.
Pseudostellaria root (Taizishen) is used with
Glehnia root (Shashen) and Ophiopogon root
(Maidong).
3. Deficient yin of the stomach manifested
as thirst. Pseudostellaria root (Taizishen)
is used with Dendrobium (Shihu) and Trichosanthes
root (Tianhuafen).
4. Deficiency of the spleen leading to deficiency
of both qi and blood manifested as palpitations,
insomnia and sweating. Pseudostellaria root
(Taizishen) is used with Wild jujube seed
(Suanzaoren) and Schisandra fruit (Wuweizi).
Dosage: 10-30 g |
