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Pin Yin: dan dou chi
Common name: prepared soy bean
Botanical family: Leguminosae
Botanical name: Glycine max (L.) Merr.
Primary action: Release Wind Heat
Temperature: cool
Taste: sweet, slightly bitter
Entering Channel: Lu, St
Actions:
Releases Exterior; can be used for both Hot and Cold Exterior patterns
depending on herbs with which it is combined.
Beneficial for Exterior patterns with underlying chronic Vacuity of
Yin because of its mildness.
Alleviates agitation, vexation, and stuffiness of chest during
recuperation from Exterior Heat disharmonies.
(See
Exterior
;
Exterior-Heat-Vacuity
;
Interior-Heat-Vacuity (Vacuity
of Yin)
;
Exterior Heat
.)
Indications: headache, agitation, chest oppression
Dosage:
2-5 qian.
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