Traditional Chinese Medicine/Dan Dou Chi

Name Means:

• Dan-plain/insipid/tasteless
• Dou-bean/soyabean
• Chi-imperial orders

English Name:

• prepared soybean

Chinese Name:

• 淡豆敕 (Pinyin: dàn dòu chì)

Latin Name:

• Semen Praeparatum Sojae

Taste & Temperature:

• Gan-Sweet
• slightly Ku-Bitter
• Han-Cold or Wen-Warm

Channels:

• Hand Tai Yin of Lung
• Foot Yang Ming of Stomach

Actions & Indications:

• disperse Wind-Heat (Spicy & Cool)
• alleviate irritability

Contraindication:

• Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating

Caution:

• Yin deficiency
• Blood deficiency
• chronic skin infection
• nursing mother, inhibits lactation

Preparations:

• Qing Dou Chi w/:
  • Sang Ye
  • Qing Hao (青蒿 / wormwood)
• Wen Dou Chi w/:
  • Ma Huang
  • Zi Su Ye

Dosage:

• 2-5 qian (6-15 grams)

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