White hyacinth bean Dolichos lablab
Medicines that tonify QiWarm
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Traditional recorded function
Strengthen the spleen and transform dampness, harmonize the middle and relieve summerheat, resolve toxin
1. Used for poor appetite, loose stools or diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency with exuberant damp and impaired transformation and transportation, as well as excessive leukorrhea due to Spleen deficiency with downward pouring of damp turbidity, and other patterns. 2. Used for summerheat-damp vomiting and diarrhea. 3. Used for food poisoning.
Nature & taste
SweetWarm
Meridians entered
StomachSpleen
Botanical source
Accepted nameDolichos lablab L.
FamilyFabaceae
Herbal properties
Slightly warmReinforcingDrying
Found in these formulas
Elsholtzia DrinkGinseng, Poria, and White Atractylodes PowderLife-Nourishing PillLiuhe TangNavel-Warming Dampness-Resolving DecoctionTwo-Heavens Calming and Stabilizing Decoction