Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
Lv Dou Pi (Seed-coat of Mung Bean)
Name
Lv Dou Pi (Seed-coat of Mung Bean)
The Effect of Lv Dou Yi
Property
Sweet, cold; liver and lung meridians entered.
Actions
Clear summer-heat and quench thrist, remove nebula, promote diuresis and remove toxicity.
Indications
Dysentery, edema, polydipsia due to summer-heat, diarrhea, nebula, erysipelas.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 9~30 g, or made into powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into powder for applying or decocted for washing.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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