white lentils

　　White lentils are the mature seeds of Dolichos lablab L., a leguminous plant. Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Henan, Anhui and other places. Harvest the fruits when they are ripe in autumn, dry them in the sun, and use them raw or fried.

　　[Medical Properties] Sweet, slightly warm. Returns to the spleen and stomach meridians.

　　[Efficacy] Tonify the spleen, harmonize the middle, and resolve dampness.

　　【application】

　　1. Spleen deficiency syndrome. This product can replenish qi and strengthen the spleen, and can also remove dampness. It has mild medicinal properties, tonifying but not stagnant. It is suitable for spleen deficiency and damp stagnation, less food, loose stools or diarrhea. However, it "has a light taste and thin gas, and has no effect when used alone. It must be used together with Qi-tonifying medicines." For example, Shenling Baizhu Powder ("Heji Bureau Prescription") uses this product as an auxiliary to ginseng, Atractylodes and other medicines. This product can also be used to treat excessive leucorrhea due to spleen deficiency and dampness. It should be combined with Atractylodes macrocephala, Atractylodes macrocephala, Gorgon fruit and other products to nourish qi, strengthen the spleen and remove dampness.

　　2. Vomiting and diarrhea caused by summer heat dampness. It's hot and humid. Summer heat and dampness damage can cause disharmony between the spleen and stomach, which can easily lead to vomiting and diarrhea. This product can invigorate the spleen and reduce dampness to neutralize the spleen. Although it is slightly warm in nature, it does not have the disadvantage of warming and drying, aiding heat and damaging body fluids, so it can be used for vomiting and diarrhea due to summer heat dampness. For example, "Qianjin Prescription" can be taken by decoction in water. Those who tend to suffer from summer heat and dampness should be combined with products that clear away heat and exude dampness, such as lotus leaves and talc. If it is a "yin-shu" condition in which you take advantage of the coolness and drink cold food during the summer months, causing cold externally and internal damage due to dampness, you should use a product that dispels cold and relieves the surface, resolves dampness and harmonizes the middle of the body, such as Xiangzhi Powder ("Heji Bureau Prescription"), which can be used together with Xiangzhi and Magnolia officinalis.

　　[Usage and Dosage] Decoction and take, 10~15g. After stir-frying, the effect of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea can be enhanced, so it should be stir-fried when it is used to strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea and is taken as powder.

　　[Abstract from ancient books]

　　1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Stops diarrhea, relieves heat, warms the spleen and stomach...".

　　2. "New Compilation of Materia Medica": "It has a light taste and thin gas, and has no effect when used alone. It must be used together with Qi-tonifying medicine."

　　【Modern Research】

　　1. Chemical composition: This product contains carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, trace elements, pantothenic acid, tyrosinase, trypsin inhibitors, amylase inhibitors, hemagglutinin A, B and other ingredients.

　　2. Pharmacological effects: White lentil decoction has an inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae; its aqueous extract has an antiviral effect, and has a detoxifying effect on vomiting and acute gastritis caused by food poisoning; it also has the effect of relieving alcohol poisoning and pufferfish poisoning; hemagglutinin B is soluble in water and has anti-trypsin activity; hemagglutinin A is insoluble in water and can inhibit the growth of experimental animals and even cause regional liver necrosis. Heating can greatly reduce its toxicity.