Dan Dou Chi
淡豆豉 dàn dòu chǐ

Category:

Release the Exterior (Diaphoretics)

Cool, Acrid Herbs that Release Exterior

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Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Slightly Bitter , Sweet		Dosage: 6-12g

	Cautions: None noted		Meridians: Lung , Stomach
	Preparation: • Aromatic • Bland • Dry-fried		Quality: Good quality - loose black beans with a thin membranous skin and a strong aromatic fragrance
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (18) cōng bái jié gěng tāng (Scallion and Platycodon Decoction) cōng bái qī wèi yǐn (Scallion Decoction with Seven Ingredients) cōng chǐ tāng (Scallion and Prepared Soybean Decoction) huò pò xià líng tāng (Agastache, Magnolia Bark, Pinellia and Poria Decoction) huó rén cōng chǐ tāng (Scallion and Prepared Soybean Decoction from Book to Safeguard Life) jiā jiǎn wēi ruí tāng (Modiified Polygonatum Odoratum Decoction) lián pò yǐn (Coptis and Magnolia Bark Decoction) sān huáng shí gāo tāng (Three-Yellows and Gypsum Decoction) sāng xìng tāng (Mulberry Leaf and Apricot Kernel Decoction) shén xī dān (Magical Rhinoceros Special Pill) shí gaō tāng (Gypsum Decoction) xiāng sū cōng chǐ tāng (Cyperus, Perilla Leaf, Scallion and Prepared Soybean Decoction) yín qiáo sǎn (Honeysuckle and Forsythia powder) zhǐ shí zhī zǐ chǐ tāng (Bitter Orange, Gardenia, and Prepared Soybean Decoction) zhī zǐ dà huáng tāng (Gardenia and Rhubarb Decoction) zhī zǐ dòu chǐ tāng (Gardenia and Prepared Soybean Decoction) zhī zǐ gān cǎo chǐ tāng (Gardenia, Licorice, and Prepared Soybean Decoction) zhī zǐ shēng jiāng chǐ tāng (Gardenia, Fresh Ginger, and Prepared Soybean Decoction)

Family:

Fabaceae (Leguminosae, Papilionoidaceae)

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Semen Sojae Praeparatae

Botanical: Glycine Max (l.) Merr.

Japanese: tantōshi

Korean: damdusi

Common: prepared soybean

Temperature: Cold and Warm (depending on preparation)

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