Yin Chen Hao

Latin name: Artemisiae Yinchenhao, Herba

Yin Chen Hao Also Known As: Armoise Capillaire, Capillary Wormwood, Chiu, In Chen, Inchin-Ko-To, Inchinko, Kawara-Yomogi, Kyunchinho, Rumput Roman, Shih Yin Ch'en, Yin Ch'en, Yin Ch'en Hao, Yin Chen Hao.

Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER - COOL

Dosage: 9-15g.

Meridians/Channels: LIVER, SPLEEN, GALLBLADDER, STOMACH

• clear damp heat from liver and gallbladder, relieves jaundice (yang or yin)
• clear heat, Shao Yang Syndrome.

Also Used For: In Chinese and Japanese medicine, yin chen is used orally to treat hepatitis, infectious cholecystitis, and hyperlipidemia. Yin chen is used to stimulate the bile flow, liver, and gallbladder. Yin chen is also used orally for newborn kernicterus, for symptoms of intermittent fever and chills, bitter taste in the mouth, chest constriction, flank pain, dizziness, nausea, and loss of appetite. In addition, it is used for headache, constipation, painful urination, fever, itching, tumors, catarrh, rheumatism, painful menses, malaria, and spasms. In Chinese and Japanese herbal combinations, yin chen is used orally for jaundice with fever, urinary dysfunction, constipation, and abdominal distention. Yin chen is contained in inchin-ko-to, a Kampo (Chinese/Japanese) medicine used to treat hepatitis C.