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Botanical name |
Dolichos lablab aka Lablab purpureus |
| Pin yin name | Bian Dou or Bai Bian Dou | |
| Pin yin description | Bian means flat, referring to its shape (though it is only slightly flattened); and dou means bean; this is a type of bean; bai means white and refers to the color of the seed; this designation differentiates it from a black seed variety of the same species. | |
| Other common names | Hyacinth Bean, Lablab Bean | |
| Part used | Seed | |
| Taste | Sweet | |
| Nature | Slightly Warm | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Resolves summer heat, strengthens the spleen to resolve damp | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Summer heat syndrome with diarrhoea or vomiting; poor appetite, loose stool, weakness, or leukorrhea due to deficiency of spleen with dampness. | |
| Possible unwanted effects | None noted | |
| Herb drug interactions | None reported | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Cold disorders; intermittent fever and chills | |
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