Chi Xiao Dou Granules

SKU	BPG352
Brand	Blue Poppy Single Herb Granules
Unit Size	100g
Potency	5:1
Taste	Sweet, Sour
Properties	Neutral
Contraindications	Overdose can induce miscarriage. Allergic reactions have also been reported, including pruritus, flushing, urticaria, nausea, vomiting, and palpitations.
Chinese Symptomology	edema, abdominal swelling and fullness due to edema, urinary difficulty, and leg qi edema; Mild jaundice due to damp-heat; sores; carbuncles; furuncles
Actions	Promotes urination and reduces edema; Facilitates the resolution of dampness and heat; Disperses blood stasis
Pattern	Abdominal swelling and fullness due to edema, urinary difficulty, and leg qi edema; Mild cases of jaundice due to damp-heat;
Channels Entered	Heart, Small Intestine
Chinese name	赤小豆
English name	Adzuki bean, Semen Phaseoli

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Description

	Sweet, sour and slightly cold, Phaseoli Semen (chi xiao dou) directs downward, and enters both the qi and the blood levels. Entering the qi aspect, it benefits the Stomach, clears heat, and benefits the water pathways, making water and damp pathogens, or summerheat pathogens, move downward and out of the body through the urine. It reduces edema, resolves summerheat, and alleviates thirst, and is thus used in the treatment of many types of edema, summerheat, and insatiable thirst due to Stomach heat. Entering the blood aspect, it directs fire downward, promotes the movement of blood, and resolves heat toxin. It is therefore used in the treatment of swollen sores and boils due to blood heat with overabundant toxicity. For this purpose, Phaseoli Semen (chi xiao dou) can both be applied topically or taken internally. (Chinese Herbal Materia Medica)*