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)

back to:
 * ../Xin Liang Jie Biao/
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/