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Pin Yin:
bai bian dou
Common name: hyacinth bean, Egyptian kidney bean
Botanical family: Leguminosae
Botanical name: Dolichoris lablab L.
Primary action: Clear Summer Heat
Secondary actions:
Supplement Qi
Temperature: slightly warm
Taste: sweet
Entering Channel: Sp, St
Actions:
Clears Summer Heat and Dampness, especially with diarrhea and vomiting.
Fortifies Spleen and drains Dampness when used in dry-fried form; used
in chronic Vacuity diarrhea with borborygmus and in Vacuity of Spleen
leukorrhea.
(See
Summer Heat Dampness
;
Spleen Qi Vacuity
;
Spleen Damp
.)
Dosage:
2-6 qian.
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