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Dan Dou Chi淡豆豉

Semen Sojae PreparatumPrepared Soybean

Autres nomsGlycine Max · Soja · Fermented Soybean

Catégorie
Cool, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior (Wind-Heat Diaphoretics)
Nature
froid, tiède
Saveur
doux, légèrement amer, piquant
Tropisme
Poumon, Estomac
Posologie
6–18 g

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Doses usuelles

Posologie
6–18 g
Maximum dosage
50 g
Tincture
2–4 ml

Actions & indications

Releases the Exterior
  • Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat
  • Yin Deficiency with superimposed Exterior disorders
Eliminates irritability, harmonizes the Middle Jiao and relieves stuffy sensations in the chest
Irritability, restlessness, , insomnia, stifling sensations in the chest and insomnia following a febrile disease

Contre-indications

Use cautiously in nursing mothers, as it can inhibit lactation.

Associations

  • Fever with anhidrosis, epigastric pain and distension from an early-stage Wind-Cold invasion, and colds associated with Yin Deficiency.

  • Early-stage Wind-Heat disorder with fever and headache.

  • Wind-Heat.

    • Zhi Zi

    Insomnia and irritability from Wind-Heat; exterior Heat just beginning to enter the interior; and late-stage residual Heat trapped in the chest and diaphragm with irritability, restlessness, headache, a stifling chest sensation, vexation, insomnia, emerging rashes and nausea (discontinue if vomiting occurs).

  • Hematuria.

  • Early-stage Wind-Cold.

  • Wind-Cold marked by anhidrosis and a tight pulse.

  • Wind-Heat.

  • Diarrhea caused by Damp-Heat in the Middle Jiao.

Notes

  • Certain sources state that it purges Fire, settles Qi and eliminates Damp-Heat.
  • Processed soybean helps with digestive disturbances caused by Stomach Fire or food poisoning.
  • It is particularly suited to chest distress, mouth swelling, and restlessness or irritability.
  • Its exterior-releasing action is limited to treating alternating chills and fever in febrile disease.
  • Although eaten as food, soybeans contain substances that can interfere with digestion in many people.
  • Processing converts them into a digestive aid.
  • In the early stage of febrile disease it induces sweating, while in the later stage it treats restlessness and insomnia.
  • It disperses Heat constrained above the diaphragm.
  • One source states that it calms the Kidneys.
  • Its mild diaphoretic action induces sweating without harming the Yin.
  • Once processed it becomes aromatic, with lifting and dispersing qualities: paired with Bul. Allii Fistulosi (Cong Bai) it induces sweating; with salt it induces vomiting; with wine it treats Wind; with Sm. Allii Tuberosi (Jiu Cai Zi) it treats dysenteric disorders; with garlic it stops bleeding; and dry-fried until cooked, it stops sweating.
  • It helps release deep-lying pathogens from the Shao Yin.
  • Dry-fried Prepared Soybeans (Chao Dou Chi) relieve Food Stagnation and harmonize the Middle.

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