bai bian dou

白扁豆·Semen Lablab Album

Lablab

About bai bian dou

Bai Bian Dou (白扁豆) is the bean of the white hyacinth bean, a legume, recorded as Semen Lablab Album. It is sweet in flavour and neutral in temperature, enters the Spleen and Stomach channels, and is filed among the herbs that tonify Qi. Only the dry-fried bean is used: the raw one carries a lectin that thorough heating destroys and soaking does not.

Names

Pinyinbai bian dou
Chinese白扁豆
Latin NameSemen Lablab Album
English NameLablab·white hyacinth bean
Japanesehenzu
Koreanpyeontu

Classification

Category
Tonify Qi
Channels
Stomach, Spleen
Flavour
Sweet
Temperature
Neutral
Part used
Bean
Family
Fabaceae
Species
Dolichos Lablab
Tags
Chinese Herbs, Common

Actions and indications

Clears Summerheat and resolves Damp

  • Summerheat-Damp upsetting digestion, with nausea and vomiting, loud gurgling in the bowels, and diarrhea or dysentery that may be severe or long-standing

Strengthens the Spleen and resolves Damp without drying

  • Spleen deficiency
  • Poor appetite, tiredness and lethargy with chronic diarrhea or loose stools
  • Excessive vaginal discharge

Resolves toxicity

  • Alcohol poisoning and food poisoning

Combinations

Dosage

AgeRawGranuleTinctureConcentrateFrequency
Any 8-30g; Powder: 6-10g; Tincture: 2-4ml8-30 g2-4 ml

Cautions

Prepared forms (1)

bai bian dou

白扁豆·Semen Lablab Album

Bai Bian Dou (Chao) (白扁豆) is the dry-fried white hyacinth bean, recorded as Semen Lablab Album. Beyond the names the record is empty: no category, no channels, no actions.

The catalogue records no separate actions, dose or cautions for this preparation. Unless noted above it follows bai bian dou.