Chi Xiao Dou - Promote Urination and Relieve 
      Edema 
      HT, SI (9-30g) | 
  
	 
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      Chi Xiao Dou - The ADUKI BEAN 
      Before the natives discovered coffee they went 
      to the jungle and found some Aduki beans which 
      were used to make a tasty beverage that was great for jaundice 
      and toxic skin sores with pus! 
       
      They decided never to go back to the jungle and got (cc: 
      yin deficiency or no signs of dampness) 
	  
  
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              English Name: phaseolus, rice bean, aduki bean 
               
		 
              Pharmacuetical Name: Semen Phaseoli 
            
		 
              Properties: sweet, sour, neutral 
            
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              Explanation of Key Words in this story... | 
         
         
          | coffee | 
          promotes urination, reduces edema | 
         
         
          | jungle.. jaundice | 
          clears damp-heat; relieves jaundice | 
         
        
          | toxic skin sores | 
          eliminates toxins; drains pus | 
         
       
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      Chi Xiao Dou
      Actions and Indications 
        - Promotes Urination; reduces edema (pitting edema, 
          generalized edema, ascites, leg qi, urinary difficulty, edema due to 
          nephritis)
 
        - Clears damp-heat; relieves jaundice (damp-heat jaundice 
          that is not severe)
 
        - Eliminates toxins; drains pus (carbuncles, furuncles, 
          skin disorders such as sores, lesions: taken internally or topically 
          applied)
 
        - (cc: yin-deficiency or no signs of dampness)
 
       
		Special Notes:
		  - Insufficient Lactation: take 240g of Chi Xiao Dou twice daily for 3 to 5 days
 
		  - Aduki bean is commonly consumed as food
 
		 
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