Definition:

In the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica, Dan Dou Chi belongs to category of herbs that release the exterior.

Taste: sweet, slightly bitter
Temperature: cold or warm (depending on preparation)
Channels Entered: Lung, Stomach

Actions:
(1) Vents exterior pathogens and lurking pathogens.
(2) Disperses constrained heat.

Also Known As:

Common Name: Prepared (Fermented) Soybean
Pharmaceutical: Semen Sojae Praeparatum
Botanical: Glycine

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