Jeoksodu
Adzuki Bean · Phaseoli Semen
한글 적소두 · Pinyin Chi Xiao Dou
赤小豆
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Sweet, sour · neutral
- Channels entered
- Heart, Small Intestine
- Actions
- Promotes urination and reduces edema, drains damp-heat and expels pus
- Typical dose
- 9–30 g
Appears in 12 formulas 處方
- Five Beans Decoction五豆湯 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Three Beans Sober-Up Decoction三豆解酲湯 8 g · Chief 君
- Reduce Swelling and Settle the Qi Powder退腫塌氣散 8 g · Chief 君
- Adzuki Bean Decoction赤小豆湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Ten Waters Pill十水丸 40 g · Chief 君
- Melon Stalk Powder for Nasal Insufflation搐鼻瓜蔕散 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Melon Stalk Powder瓜蔕散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Bean and Sophora Powder豆參散 40 g · Chief 君
- Four Numina Powder四靈散 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Five Mysteries Powder五玄散 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Realgar Powder雄黃散 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Adzuki Bean and Angelica Powder赤小豆當歸散 200 g · Chief 君