Black soybean Glycine max (semen nigrum)
Not yet categorizedNeutral
Source-based · educational reference
Traditional recorded function
Tonify kidney qi
Soreness and weakness of the waist and knees.
Nature & taste
SweetNeutral
Meridians entered
Kidney
Botanical source
Accepted nameGlycine max (L.) Merr.
FamilyFabaceae
Herbal properties
Reinforcing
Found in these formulas
Decoction for Clearing the Liver and Stopping StranguryTuoju Wutou Tang (Aconite Decoction for Gangrene)