Bai Bian Dou - 白扁豆 - Semen Lablab Album - Hyacinth Bean

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Semen Dolichorus Lablab Semen Lablab Album
Common English:	Dolichos Hyacinth Bean

Category

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet	Neutral (Slightly Warm) (Warm)	Spleen Stomach	8-30g Powder: 6-10g Tincture: 2-4ml

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Summerheat and resolves Dampness	Summerheat with pronounced or chronic diarrhea, dysentery, nausea, vomiting and loud borborygmus
Strengthens the Spleen	Spleen Deficiency

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Hb. Moslae Xiang Ru Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po (Fol. Nelumbinis) (He Ye)	Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Rx. Dioscoreae Shan Yao	Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Poria Fu Ling Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
Sudden turmoil disorder due to smoldering Summer Heat and Dampness.	Diarrhea or vaginal discharge due to Spleen Deficiency.	Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with Dampness.
Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen Rx. Dioscoreae Shan Yao Fr. Oryzae Germinatus Gu Ya	Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Sm. Euryales Qian Shi Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao	Flos Puerariae Ge Hua Fr. Amomi Rotundus Bai Dou Kou Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
Slight Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach.	Vaginal discharge with fatigue.	Alcohol intoxication.
Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang	Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng Sm. Phaseoli Lu Dou Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao	Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen Rx. Astragali Huang Qi Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban
Puffer fish poisoning.	Arsenic poisoning.	Increases cellular immunity.

Notes

1. It is chiefly used for digestive complaints arising from contaminated food and drink (Summerheat), as well as summer colds and alcohol intoxication.
2. It may be helpful in treating diabetes.
3. On its own, this herb can treat poultry poisoning and calomel poisoning, and in powdered form it is used for arsenic poisoning.
4. Snakebites are said to be curable by External application of the crushed leaves of this herb.
5. For spasms following vomiting or diarrhea, crush a handful of the leaves, add a little vinegar, press out the juice and apply it to the affected area.
6. This herb is reputed to cure Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with nausea, regurgitation, chronic diarrhea, dyspepsia, abdominal masses and infantile malnutrition.
7. Research has shown that it inhibits cancer cell growth.
8. It is said that Stomach cancer and other tumors can be treated with juice pressed from 750g of the leaves of this herb, taken often and with no dosage limit.
9. It is toasted for the treatment of Spleen Deficiency.
10. Lablab Testa Bian Dou Yi is the dried capsule of the hyacinth bean. When diarrhea arises in summer, it regulates the function of the Stomach and Spleen. The dosage is 6-12g.
11. Flos Lablab Bian Dou Hua is the dried flower of the hyacinth bean. It relieves Summerheat, eliminates Dampness and controls bleeding, and is used for dysentery, diarrhea and leukorrhea. The dosage is 6-12g.
12. Another name for this herb is Bian Dou.
13. When dry-fried, it strengthens the Spleen, transforms Dampness and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.