The efficacy and function of mung bean powder

Mung bean powder is a very common Chinese medicine in our daily life. It is also very important in our daily life. However, some people don’t know much about the effects and functions of mung bean powder, so let us learn about it in detail below.

[Other name] True powder (Daily Materia Medica)

[Source] Starch obtained by water-milling the seeds of mung bean , a legume plant.

[Properties and flavors] "Daily Materia Medica": "Sweet, cool and mild, non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies. It is used to treat the initial stage of carbuncle, ulcer, burns, falls and injuries; it is also an antipyretic and can remove poisons from alcohol and food.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral administration: dilute with water, 0.3-1 liang. For external use: apply with compress or powder puff.

【Note】 "Daily Materia Medica": "The cooked ones are sticky and difficult to digest. Do not eat them if you have a weak spleen and stomach or after an illness."

[Additional prescription] ① Treating ulcers on the back and other internal diseases and vomiting and pain caused by various malignant diseases: frankincense (transparent) 1 liang (soaked in water and ground into powder in a mortar), real mung bean powder (ground) 4 liang. Grind the above two ingredients into a very fine powder. Take one spoonful each time, mixed with fresh water. (Tori Tang from "Shengji Zonglu")

【Discussions by various scholars】 ① "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Mung bean powder has the same flavor as mung bean, so it can relieve various heat and alcohol and food poisoning, hot water and fire burns. Rash on the back, carbuncle, and sore swelling are all caused by heat poisoning. The sweet and cold nature of the medicine can relieve the heat of the Yangming meridian, so the poisonous gas will not attack the stomach and cause vomiting, and the stomach and intestines will be cool, and the swelling will disappear. Heat hurts the Qi, so removing heat can replenish the Qi."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From Compendium of Materia Medica

Regarding the mung bean powder introduced in the article, I hope everyone can learn more about it in daily life, so that you can correctly treat the disease when facing it.