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🌿 Herb
Niger Bean
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🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Bian Dou
中文名 (Chinese)
扁豆
Latin Name
Lablab Purpureus
English Name
Niger Bean
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Mild; Sweet
Meridians (归经)
Spleen; Stomach
Therapeutic Class (EN)
For tonifying weakness
功效分类 (CN)
补虚
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
1. treatment of deficient spleen not transforming and transporting water manifested as lassitude, poor appetite, loose stool or diarrhea, or leukorrhea due to downward flowing of turbid dampness. hyacinth bean (biandou) is used with ginseng (renshen), white atractylodes (baizhu) and poria (fuling) in the formula shen ling baizhu san. 2. treatment of disharmony of the spleen and stomach due to invasion from exogenous pathogenic summer-damp-heat manifested as vomiting and diarrhea. hyacinth bean (
Indication (主治)
Containing phytoagglutintin, trypsin and amylase inhibitors.
Clinical Manifestations
Containing phytoagglutintin, trypsin and amylase inhibitors.
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🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (27 fields)
name
Niger Bean
chinese name
扁豆
pinyin name
Bian Dou
latin name
Lablab Purpureus
english name
Niger Bean
properties english
Mild; Sweet
meridians english
Spleen; Stomach
tcmid id
1019
herb id str
HERB000450
function text
1. treatment of deficient spleen not transforming and transporting water manifested as lassitude, poor appetite, loose stool or diarrhea, or leukorrhea due to downward flowing of turbid dampness. hyacinth bean (biandou) is used with ginseng (renshen), white atractylodes (baizhu) and poria (fuling) in the formula shen ling baizhu san. 2. treatment of disharmony of the spleen and stomach due to invasion from exogenous pathogenic summer-damp-heat manifested as vomiting and diarrhea. hyacinth bean (biandou) is used with elsholtzia (xiangru) and magnolia bark (houpo) in the formula xiangru san.
indication
Containing phytoagglutintin, trypsin and amylase inhibitors.
clinical manifestations
Containing phytoagglutintin, trypsin and amylase inhibitors.
therapeutic en class
For tonifying weakness
therapeutic cn class
补虚
tcm id id
173
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