Mian yin chen is the spring harvested yin chen, soup has the effect of clearing dampness and heat, should be used in accordance with medical advice.
The spring harvest is called Mian Yin Chen (茵陈), which is bitter, pungent and slightly cold in nature. It belongs to stomach, spleen, liver and gallbladder meridians. This product is used as decoction for internal use and decoction for external use.
Yin Chen has the effects of inducing diuresis and relieving jaundice (dredging the biliary tract to eliminate jaundice), and clearing dampness and heat. It is used for summer dampness and dampness-warmth (warmth disease caused by feeling dampness-heat), jaundice with scanty urine, and itching of wet sores.
Yin Chen should not be used for atrophic and deficiency yellows caused by spleen deficiency and blood deficiency, and the drug is contraindicated for those who accumulate blood for yellowness. Adverse effects of this product is not clear, should be under the guidance of a doctor to identify and rationalize the use of medication, in order to avoid misunderstanding of the condition.