Amaranth, Coix Seed, and Fermented Black Bean Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat, promotes urination, detoxifies, and relieves restlessness. Suitable for acute urinary tract infections characterized by fever, restlessness, frequent urination, urgency, and painful urination.
Amaranth, Coix Seed, and Fermented Black Bean Decoction
Herbal Tea Name: Amaranth, Coix Seed, and Fermented Black Bean Decoction
Chinese Name: 苋菜苡仁豆豉饮
Formula
250 grams of amaranth, 30 grams of light fermented black beans, 50 grams of coix seeds, and an appropriate amount of scallion whites.Main Ingredients
How To Make
Sort the amaranth to remove impurities, wash it thoroughly, cut it into sections, and set aside.Sort and wash the coix seeds thoroughly, place them in a clay pot, and soak in water for a short while. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 40 minutes. Once the coix seeds are tender, add the light fermented black beans and amaranth segments, and continue simmering over low heat until it becomes a broth. Sprinkle with finely chopped scallion whites to serve.
Efficacy
Clears heat, promotes urination, detoxifies, and relieves restlessness. Suitable for acute urinary tract infections characterized by fever, restlessness, frequent urination, urgency, and painful urination.
Usage
Drink in two portions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, while still hot.
Commentary
Amaranth (Xian-cai) functions as the chief herb. Sweet-cool in property, it channels into the Large Intestine, Small Intestine meridians, and works to clear heat and promote urination. Light fermented black beans take the deputy (minister) role. Coix seeds (Yi-yi-ren) reinforce this deputy action, working to clear damp-heat, strengthen the spleen and relieve impediment. An appropriate amount of scallion whites act as an assistant ingredient, thus refining the overall action. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. Taken together these herbs clear heat, promote urination, detoxify, relieve restlessness, in keeping with the urinary tract infection pattern and its manifestations such as fever, restlessness.