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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:48.443973+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/bai-bian-dou/</canonical>
  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/bai-bian-dou/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">bai bian dou</name>
    <name type="chinese">白扁豆</name>
    <name type="latin">Semen Lablab Album</name>
    <name type="english">Lablab</name>
    <name type="japanese">henzu</name>
    <name type="korean">pyeontu</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify Qi</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Summerheat and resolves Damp</summary>
      <indication>Summerheat-Damp upsetting digestion, with nausea and vomiting, loud gurgling in the bowels, and diarrhea or dysentery that may be severe or long-standing</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the Spleen and resolves Damp without drying</summary>
      <indication>Spleen deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Poor appetite, tiredness and lethargy with chronic diarrhea or loose stools</indication>
      <indication>Excessive vaginal discharge</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Resolves toxicity</summary>
      <indication>Alcohol poisoning and food poisoning</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
