Adzuki Beans 500g | Chi Xiao Dou 赤小豆

Chi Xiao Dou (赤小豆), Australian-grown adzuki beans, 500g. Small deep-red beans that cook into the sweet red bean paste of Chinese desserts — and, in dietary therapy, one of the standard damp-draining foods.

• 500g of Australian-grown adzuki beans
• Small, deep red and uniform
• For red bean soup, paste and congee
• Grown locally, not imported
• Also used in Chinese dietary therapy

Traditional use of Adzuki Beans

Chi Xiao Dou is described in Chinese medicine as draining damp and promoting urination. It is one of the clearest cases in Chinese practice of a food and a herb being the same thing.

Names for this herb

Pinyin Chi Xiao Dou · Chinese 赤小豆 · also written 紅豆 · pharmaceutical Latin Semen Phaseoli · botanical name Vigna umbellata · English: adzuki beans, red beans, rice beans · Cantonese: chek siu dau

Chinese herbs are sold under many names. If you were given a different name or a prescription slip you cannot match, send it to us and we will identify it for you.

Traditional use information is provided for general education only and is not medical advice. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Consult a qualified practitioner before use, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medication or managing a health condition. Keep out of reach of children.