What are the effects of Pseudostellaria heterophylla

Radix Pseudostellariae is a traditional Chinese medicinal material that can be used to stop sweating and promote salivation. It is especially suitable for people who are prone to sweating. At the same time, it also has a good effect on cough. Many patients who have just recovered from an illness are prone to feeling a loss of Qi and blood. Pseudostellaria heterophylla has the effect of targeting this symptom, and it is also very convenient to take. It can be directly soaked in water and drunk instead of tea. However, we also need to be careful when taking it so as not to make the wrong medication.

1.Pseudostellariae Radix is ​​sweet, slightly bitter and neutral . It enters the spleen and lung meridians. It moisturizes the body and harmonizes the qi and produces body fluids. Pseudostellariae is mainly used to treat symptoms such as spleen deficiency, poor appetite, fatigue, palpitations and spontaneous sweating, lung deficiency cough, and thirst due to lack of body fluids. Prince ginseng and Ophiopogon japonicus can nourish the lungs, moisten the lungs and nourish yin, and are most suitable for treating lung deficiency cough caused by lung yin deficiency; Prince ginseng and Atractylodes macrocephala can jointly nourish the spleen and lungs. It can be used to treat asthenia, fatigue, and tiredness. When Prince ginseng is combined with Astragalus, the tonic effect is greatly enhanced, and it is often used to treat fatigue and tiredness.

2. Pseudostellariae Radix is ​​used to treat Qi and blood deficiency, fatigue and weakness after illness: Pseudostellariae Radix 15g, Astragalus 12g, Schisandrae Chinensis 3g, stir-fried white lentils 9g, and 4 jujubes. Boil it in water and drink it instead of tea, it has certain effect. Prince ginseng is used to treat fever after illness.

3. Radix Pseudostellariae is used to treat loose stools due to spleen deficiency and reduced appetite: 12 grams of Radix Pseudostellariae, 9 grams each of Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos, 6 grams each of dried tangerine peel and licorice. Decoction in water has a good therapeutic effect.

4. Pseudostellaria ginseng is used to treat night sweats (sweating during sleep, sweating stops after waking up): 24 grams of Pseudostellaria ginseng, 30 grams of floating wheat, and 5 dates. Decoction in water.

5. Pseudostellariae Radix Treats Diabetes

6. Pseudostellariae Radix is ​​used to treat neurasthenia (neurosis) and insomnia: 15 grams of Pseudostellariae Radix, 9 grams each of Angelica sinensis, Ziziphus jujuba seeds, Polygala tenuifolia and roasted licorice. Decoction in water.

Radix Pseudostellariae is used for lung deficiency and dry cough caused by qi deficiency and body fluid damage, as well as palpitations and insomnia, excessive sweating due to deficiency heat, and can replenish qi and produce body fluid; Radix Pseudostellariae is used to treat cough caused by qi deficiency and dry lung, and is combined with Radix Adenophorae and Ophiopogon japonicus, etc. Radix Pseudostellariae is used to treat palpitations, insomnia and excessive sweating caused by deficiency of both qi and yin, and is combined with Semen Ziziphi Spinosae and Schisandrae Chinensis, etc. However, its ability to replenish qi, benefit yin and promote body fluid is weaker than that of American ginseng.