Nicknames: Black Bean Clothes, Black Bean Skin
Harvesting and processing: Soak black soybeans in clean water, wait for germination, rub off the seed coat and dry it in the sun; Or take the seed coat peeled off when making tofu and dry it in the sun, and store it in a dry place
Medicinal parts: Black seed coat
Origin: National
Family: Leguminosae
Original plant: Soybean Glycine max (L.) Merr
Characteristics of black soybean skin medicinal herbs: irregularly curled fragments, approximately 0.1mm thick. The outer surface is black and smooth, with a slight luster, and some fragments show slightly pale oval shaped hilts; The inner surface is light grayish yellow to light grayish brown, smooth. The air is faint and the taste is light.
Black soybean skin medicinal properties:
[Processing] Soak black soybeans in clean water, wait for them to sprout, rub off the seed coat, and dry them in the sun. Store in a dry place.
【 Taste 】 Slightly sweet; cool
[Gui Jing] Spleen; Lung; Kidney meridian
【 Indications 】 Nourish blood and calm the liver; Eliminate wind and detoxify. Main headache; Yin deficiency, annoyance, and heat; night sweat; Feng Bi; Dampness toxin; Abscess; vertigo
[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: decoct soup, 6-15g. For external use: appropriate amount, massage and apply.
【 Discussions from Various Schools 】
1. "Gangmu": Used for treating acne and eye shadows, crush and apply to children's urinary ash sores.
2. "Suixi Ju Diet Guide": Stop sweating.
3. "New Ginseng Decoction Pieces": Clears the brain, relieves wind and heat, and treats headaches.
4. Modern Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine: It is a cooling, nourishing, and strengthening medicine with detoxifying and diuretic effects.
5. "Medicinal Materials": Nourish blood, dispel wind, improve eyesight and essence. Treat Yin deficiency, irritability and heat, excessive sweating and night sweats, dizziness, blurred eyes, and wind obstruction. "