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Lu Dou / Mung Bean
Lu Dou
Taste: Sweet • Temperature: Cool • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Relieve Summerheat & Toxicity

Dosage

15-30g

Actions

1. Clears summerheat: for summerheat patterns of irritability & fever, especially when thirst is an important symptom. This herb is often made as a tea in the summertime to prevent the occurrence of summerheat.

2. Antidote: Used as an anitdote to fu zi & fava beans.

Meridians

Heart, Stomach

Cautions

Contraindicated in cases of diarrhea due to Spleen or Stomach cold from deficiency.