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Mung Bean

Mung Bean. Class: Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs. Properties: Sweet; Cold. Meridians: Heart; Liver; Stomach

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Lv Dou
中文名 (Chinese)
绿豆
Latin Name
Semen Phaseoli Radiati
English Name
Mung Bean
Alias Names
青小豆
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Liver; Stomach
Part Used
Seed
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
清热解毒药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
1. to clear heat and toxic materials, clear summer-heat and promote diuresis. 2. to relieve the metallic and drug poisoning. 3. external use for clearing away heat and promoting tissue regeneration. 4. to reduce the level of blood-fat.
Indication (主治)
1. diuretic. 2. its coat exerts a bacteriostatic effect on staphylococcus.
Clinical Manifestations
1. diuretic. 2. its coat exerts a bacteriostatic effect on staphylococcus.
🔗 External References
SymMap
262
TCMID
2550
TCMSP
262
TCM-ID
1383
1
Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
2
PubMed References
Top Conditions Studied with Mung Bean
📋 Sample Trials
NCT02999867
Effect of Triticale, Mung Bean and Adzuki Bean Intervention on Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Completed · Type2 Diabetes Mellitus
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
None linked yet.
📚 Sample References
PMID 32515775
A comparison between whole mung bean and decorticated mung bean: beneficial effects on the regulation of serum glucose and lipid disorders and the gut microbiota in high-fat diet and streptozotocin-induced prediabetic mice
Food Funct · 2020
PMID 34792057
Protective mechanism of mung bean coat against hyperlipidemia in mice fed with a high-fat diet: insight from hepatic transcriptome analysis
Food Funct · 2021