exterior-releasing
Bupleurum Root (Chai Hu)
柴胡 · Cháihú
Bupleurum chinense
性味
Cool
味
Bitter
Meridian
Liver, Gallbladder, Pericardium
Chai Hu is the herald of the shao yang — the herb that harmonizes the interior and exterior when illness lingers between. As the chief of Xiao Chai Hu Tang, it soothes liver constraint, lifts sinking yang, and resolves the alternation of chills and fever. No herb is more central to modern stress-related patterns.
🌿 功效
- •Harmonizes and resolves shao yang disorders
- •Soothes the liver and relieves constraint
- •Lifts sinking yang qi
📖 用法用量
3–10 g in decoction; low doses lift yang, moderate doses soothe the liver.
🔬 现代研究
Saikosaponins a and d are studied for hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, and antidepressant-like effects.
⚠️ 禁忌
Avoid in liver yang rising and yin-deficiency with heat; long-term high dosing requires professional supervision.
