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Source: Zūn Shēng Bā Jiàn 遵生八笺

Ingredients

• Chì xiǎo dòu (赤小豆 Vignae Semen, rice bean) 30–50g
• Jīng mǐ (粳米 Oryzae Semen, non-glutinous rice) 60g
• Bái shā táng (白沙糖 Saccharon Granulatum Album, white sugar)

Actions: Disinhibits urine and promotes lactation.

Indications: Water swelling (including edema from acute and chronic nephritis, ascites from cirrhosis of the liver, and leg qì (jiǎo qì) swelling); inhibited urination; breast milk stoppage.

Method: Boil the rice beans until tender, and then boil with the rice to make a gruel. Add sugar to taste just before removing from the flame.

Rationale: Chì xiǎo dòu is commonly used to make gruel and sweetened bean paste for use in deserts. They??? are not as nourishing as soybeans, but like soybeans they contain protein, fats, carbohydrates, fiber, sand, calcium, phosphorus, Bái fáninum, copper, and vitamins A, B, C. According to traditional theory, they are sweet and slightly sour in flavor, and balanced in nature. They mainly disinhibit urine and disperse distension and fullness, but also eliminate heat toxin, disperse malign blood, fortify the spleen and check diarrhea, and promote lactation.cit[124]yzlf

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