When white beans are tender, they can be used as vegetables, and when they are ripe, they can be used as medicine. This means that they are not only ordinary ingredients on the dining table but also medicinal herbs in the pharmacy cabinet. Due to differences in planting areas and methods, the harvesting time of white beans varies to some extent. However, they are mostly harvested in summer and autumn, and are usually harvested in the afternoon, evening, evening, evening, and afternoon. Therefore, white beans should be like the soil stored in the wild, rising clear and reducing turbid, regulating qi and middle, and suitable for the situation where the soil stored in the wild is insufficient in time, often manifested as bloating, eating less, vomiting and diarrhea. In popular folk terms, it is to invigorate the spleen, promote dampness, and remove dampness. Because the spleen is the middle earth and the source of nutrition for various organs in the body, and it likes dryness and dislikes dampness, white beans are deeply loved by the general public. White beans are a highly nutritious and powerful food ingredient, which is well known to people. However, white beans also have certain medicinal value, which many people are not familiar with. Let's learn about the traditional Chinese medicine white beans with the editor below!
alias
Lentils, mung beans, southern mung beans, moth eyebrow beans, and eyebrow beans.
Medicinal parts
Mature seeds of the legume herbaceous plant Dolichos lablab L.
Origin distribution
Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places.
Harvesting and processing
Picking mature pods before and after the beginning of winter, drying them in the sun, taking out the seeds, and then drying them in the sun.
Sexual Taste Returning to the Classics
Slightly warm in nature, sweet in taste. Returning to the Spleen Meridian and Stomach Meridian.
Effect and Function
Strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness, harmonizing the middle and relieving heat. It belongs to the category of Qi tonifying drugs under the category of deficiency tonifying drugs.
chemical composition
Oil content is 0.62%, containing palmitic acid, linoleic acid, linoleic acid, oleic acid, stearic acid, etc., as well as steroids, cucurbitacin, arachidic acid, succinic acid, raffinose, carotenoids, plant lectins and other components.
Characteristics of medicinal herbs
Flat oval or oval shaped, measuring 0.8-1.3 centimeters in length and 6-9 millimeters in width. The surface is light yellow white or pale yellow, smooth, slightly glossy, and sometimes visible with brownish black spots. One end has a raised white eyebrow shaped seed mound, which can be peeled off to see a depressed seed navel. There is a bead hole at one end of the seed mound and a short seed ridge at the other end. Hard in texture. The seed coat is thin and brittle, the cotyledons are thick, yellow white, and keratinized. It has a slight odor, a light taste, and a bean like smell when chewed.
Plant morphology
Annual entangled herb with smooth stem. Triple compound leaves alternate, with long stalks, broad ovate leaflets, pointed tips, wide wedge-shaped or truncated bases, entire margin, sparsely pubescent on both sides. The inflorescence is axillary, usually 2-4 flowers clustered on the nodes of the inflorescence axis; 2 small buds, fall early; Calyx bell shaped, calyx teeth 5, edges densely covered with white soft hairs; Crown butterfly shaped, white or light purple; 10 stamens, 2 bundles; The ovary is linear, covered with soft hairs, with glands at the base, and the stigma is head shaped, sparsely covered with short white hairs. The pod is long elliptical, flat, slightly curved, and has a curved beak at the tip. The flowering period is from July to August, and the fruiting period is in September.
[The function of white beans]
Main treatment
Strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness, harmonizing the middle and relieving heat. Indications: Used for spleen and stomach weakness, loss of appetite, loose stools, excessive vaginal discharge, summer dampness vomiting and diarrhea, chest tightness and bloating.
Modern applications
1. Treating disharmony between the spleen and stomach
2. Treating heatstroke
3. Treating drunkenness
4. Reduce blood sugar
5. Preventing Constipation
6. Promote human growth and development
Eating method
Lentil Poria Drink
Ingredients: 20 grams of beans, 20 grams of Poria cocos, and 20 grams of stir fried Coix seed.
Method: Boil in water, take once in the morning and once in the evening.
Effect: Tonifying qi and spleen, promoting diuresis and stopping diarrhea. Suitable for Qi deficiency and weakness, spleen and stomach deficiency, loss of appetite, thin stool, etc.
White lentil Congee
Ingredients: Take 30g of white beans and 60g of glutinous rice,
How to do it: rinse with water, cook Congee together, and cook it until it is thoroughly cooked, twice a day.
Function: Tonifying the spleen and stomach, harmonizing the middle and stopping diarrhea. Suitable for spleen and stomach weakness, chronic diarrhea, summer heat stimulation, and nourishing fitness.
Related compatibility
1. To treat heat in the heart, spleen, and intestines, as well as dryness and sores in the mouth and tongue: 60 grams each of white beans (stir fried) and thistle seeds (stir fried). Top two flavors, roughly mash and sieve. Take 15 grams per serving, one and a half cups of water, fry until one cup, remove impurities, take three servings a day, no matter when. (St. Francis' Record of Lentil Soup)
2. Treat all medicinal toxins: Dry white beans (raw) into fine powder and add 6-9 grams of fresh water. (One Hundred and One Choices)
3. Treating chronic nephritis and anemia: 30g white beans and 20 red dates. Boil it in water. (Fujian Pharmaceutical Journal)
4. To treat cholera: one liter of white beans and one liter of Chinese wolfberry. Add two flavors, add six liters of water, boil two liters, and take them separately. It can also be used alone. (From "Qian Jin Yao Fang")
5. Treating boils and swelling: appropriate amount of fresh white beans: add a little winter honey, crush and apply to the affected area. (Fujian Pharmaceutical Journal)
Contraindications for use
It is not advisable to eat too much to avoid stagnation of qi in the spleen. It is advisable to be cautious when using raw materials for research purposes.
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