Vigna radiata:Mung Bean and its applications!Vigna Radiata Extract.Vigna radiata L.

Contents

• Botanical Info of Mung Bean.
• Brief Introduction of Mung Bean.
• Enjoy Bean sprouts.
• Delicious Food in Summer.
• Mung Bean Nutrients.
• Classical Note of Mung Bean.
• Administrations Guide.
• Pharmacological Effects.
• Research Update:Vigna radiata.

Classical Note of Mung Bean.:

Mung bean is the mature fruit seed of Phaseolus radiatus L.,cultivated in China more than 2000 years,planted in many provinces as crops.Rich in nutritions and can be cooked as bean porridge,bean wine and other forms,cakes or taken as sprouts,called by ancient folks as "best food and common crops".

Kai Bao Ben Cao noted:'lv dou,sweet,cold,no poison.enter into heart and stomach.Main for erysipelas and heat,measles,crashed raw and taken as liquid,or boiled,detumescence,drive heat and detoxification.'Ever since then,classical herbs make good note on effects of mung bean.

Kai Bao Ben Cao

Ben Cao Gang Mu noted:'Lv dou,acts the same as red bean on detumescence and acne treatment,but works better than red bean on heat driving and detoxifying.and benefit Qi,good for stomach and intestine,boost jing mai,no cautions on long term uses.Used externally to treat superficial infection,some formula named Nei Tuo Hu Xin San,noted its effects in great details."and easy to "detoxifying toxins from gold minerals,arsenic,and other toxicins from wood and herb.'

Ben Cao Gang Mu

Ben Cao Qiu Zhen noted:'Lv dou taste sweet and cold,according to ancient books its very good,some noted it boost stomach and intestines,benefit skins,five organs and spleen stomach,according to this property it works nearly same as ginseng,astragalus root,angelica root and atractylodes root.Above mentioned properties because evil and toxins accumulate inside body,thus all organs and skins got affected by the toxins,taken this and detoxifying,thus only this one works for all.'

Ben Cao Qiu Zhen

 Nearly all classical books make note to praise the effects of mung beans for its driving heat,detoxifying and boost urine.

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♣ last edit date:22nd,Oct.2010.