Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Chinese medicine name. Pseudostellaria heterophylla, a Dianthus plant, is used as medicine with tuberous roots. Distributed in Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and other places. It has the effects of invigorating qi and spleen, promoting fluid production and moistening lung. Commonly used for spleen deficiency, fatigue, loss of appetite, weakness after illness, deficiency of qi and yin, spontaneous sweating, thirst, dry lung and dry cough.

Efficacy, Function and Taboo of Pseudostellaria heterophylla

Pseudostellaria heterophylla is mild and sweet, and has the function of invigorating qi and promoting fluid production. Modern research: It comes from the Flora of Chinese Medicinal Plants. This product contains Radix Pseudostellariae polysaccharide, various amino acids and trace elements necessary for human body. Commonly used for spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue, loss of appetite, dry cough with little phlegm, physical weakness after illness, night sweats, crying at night, summer fever in children, etc. Experimental studies have confirmed that Pseudostellaria heterophylla can improve immune function and heart function.

1, used for anorexia and fatigue due to weak temper and insufficient stomach yin. Can benefit the temper and nourish the stomach yin. It is often used with yam and Dendrobium. However, it is not as powerful as Codonopsis pilosula.

2. It is used for lung deficiency, dry cough, palpitation, insomnia, and excessive sweating due to qi deficiency and body fluid injury. It can replenish qi and promote fluid production. For cough due to qi deficiency and lung dryness, it is combined with Radix Glehniae, Radix Ophiopogonis, palpitation, insomnia and hyperhidrosis due to deficiency of both qi and yin, and it is combined with Semen Ziziphi Spinosae and Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis. However, its power of invigorating qi, nourishing yin and producing body fluid is weaker than that of American ginseng. Pseudostellaria heterophylla is a caryophyllaceae plant, which belongs to different families and genera from ginseng. Although its efficacy is similar to ginseng, its efficacy is weak, and it needs to be taken continuously in large doses to be effective.

Although Radix Pseudostellariae is nourishing and peaceful, it is sweet in the end. Therefore, it should not be used by those who have diseases with excess evil, so it should be used with caution. Taboo: Patients with hypertension, nephritis and gastritis should not eat more.