INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Semen Sojae Preparatum
Common English:	Prepared Soybean Glycine Max Soja Fermented Soybean

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Slightly Bitter Acrid	Cold or Warm Depending on the preparation	Lung Stomach	6-18g Maximum dosage: 50g Tincture: 2-4ml

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Releases the Exterior

Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat

Yin Deficiency with superimposed Exterior disorders

Eliminates irritability, harmonizes the Middle Jiao and relieves stuffy sensations in the chest

Irritability, restlessness, , insomnia, stifling sensations in the chest and insomnia following a febrile disease

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Bul. Allii Fistulosi Cong Bai	Hb. Menthae Haplocalycis Bo He Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi	Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
Fevers with anhidrosis and epigastric pain, and distension due to early stage Wind-Cold invasion. Colds associated with Yin Deficiency.	Early stage Wind-Heat disorders with fever and headache.	Wind-Heat.
Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi	Fr. Liquidamberis Lu Lu Tong Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi	Bul. Allii Fistulosi Cong Bai Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
Insomnia and irritability due to Wind-Heat. Exterior Heat as it first enters the interior. Late-stage residual Heat trapped in the chest and diaphragm with irritability, restlessness, headache, stifling sensation in the chest, vexation, insomnia, expression of rashes and nausea. (if vomiting occurs, stop)	Hematuria.	Early-stage Wind-Cold.
Hb Ephedrae Ma Huang Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen	Hb. Menthae Haplocalycis Bo He Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao	Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Bul. Allii Macrostemi Xie Bai
Wind-Cold with anhidrosis and a tight pulse.	Wind-Heat.	Diarrhea from Damp-Heat in the Middle Jiao.

Some sources say that this herb purges Fire, settles Qi and eliminates Damp-Heat.
Processed soybean is useful for digestive disturbances due to Stomach Fire or Food Poisoning.
It is especially used when there is chest distress, swelling in the mouth & restlessness or irritability.
The surface action is limited to the treatment of alternating chills and fever during febrile disease.
Soy beans are used as food but contain substances that may interfere with digestion for many people.
Processing them turns them into a digestive aid.
It is used in early stage of febrile disease to create diaphoresis and late stage for treatment of restlessness and insomnia.
It disperses constrained Heat above the diaphragm.
One source says it calms the Kidneys.
It has a mild diaphoretic action in order to create sweat without injuring the Yin.
After processing, it is aromatic and has lifting and dispersing properties. Combined with Bul. Allii Fistulosi Cong Bai it can induce sweating, with salt it can induce vomiting, with wine it can treat Wind, with Sm. Allii Tuberosi Jiu Cai Zi it can treat dysenteric disorders, with garlic it can stop bleeding and when dry-fried and cooked it can stop sweating.
It assists the expression of deep lying pathogens in the Shao Yin.
Dry-fried Prepared Soybeans Chao Dou Chi reduces Food Stagnation and harmonizes the Middle.